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page 1 the tbfbuve thursday fbruaxy 11 191 fj0ii n wht wnbunt established is88 c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 51 main st stouffville ont tel 6402101 single copies 13c subscriptions s500 per year in canada s9j0o elsewhere member oi audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editorial every reason to wonder at taxpayers expense the twp of pickering erected a 300000 artificial ice arena and community centre it has been in operation now for several months the project while certainly a wor thwhile venture will be of no direct benefit to the people who are paying the shot the adult establishment who must absorb the debenture tab on their tax bills but they cover the cost without com plaint feeling as most folks do that a place of recreation is required in a growing urban area of several thousand young people it is therefore discouraging and outright disgraceful for ratepayers to learn that vandalism and malicious damage should occur in a building of this type is it any wonder that residents question the responsibility of the teenage crowd for they see it happening all over destruction of public property on every side by a certain segment of youth that casts an unsavory reflection on all and these are the very young people who resent supervision but rather demand complete freedom to do their own thing we say give them that freedom after theyve earned it in too many instances the experimentation period can prove costly the donald beer memorial arena is a prime example out of touch with reality from the 1971 graduating class of stouffville dist secondary school it is anticipated that more than half will go on to university this was the percentage last year and principal we duxbury sees little likelihood of any immediate change we predict however that this trend will change perhaps not this year but soon unless the universities can offer something more practical- a piece of parchment a mortarboard and sheep skin are not easily digested by the job- hunting young man or young woman scouring the ads or walking the streets employers today are not interested in bookworms they want workers who can work many university courses do not develop such skills community colleges and technical schools do professor th symons of trent university in a recent interview put it this way getting an education is im portant but getting a bachelor of arts degree is not i dont think its important to obtain a ba but i think its important to obatin an education the two are not the same an education consists of broadening the mind stocking it with useful ideas and using it for this you dont need a ba and having a ba doesnt necessarily mean any of these things have occurred a university is only one of many approaches to higher education it is a disservice to the universities that so many people think it is the only approach tell us then mr minister will a ba degree produce a better public school teacher the answer is obvious a commendable job it is seldom that road department personnel at any level receive the publics appreciation for work well done more often instead they are criticized many times ignored biit rarely com plimented its time someone voiced a thankyou here is stouffville this winter the snow plowing snow removal and sanding operations have been handled in an ex tremely efficient manner we can only assume that- the service has been the same over the entire area we feel the amalgamation of the two works departments whitchurch and stouffville into a single unit has tended to improve the service not only in the type of equipment used but in the exp erienced employees using it with we hope winters back now almost broken we can now look forward to a spring and summer season free of dust and potholes quite a challenge editar mail dear sir the seat of county government was at newmarket the regional council meets at newmarket and now theres a bid by mayor bob forhan to have the new police headquarters located in newmarket too why not aurora richmond hill markham or whitchurchstouffville as the little wolf cub said as he wat ched a group of boy scouts invade a girl guide camp shux them guys get everything harold thompson newmarket rr 3 dear sir earlier last month a report from the mines department indicated the cabinet had blocked legislatfcihcriverlng pits and quarries in the province which the mines minister intended to introduce last fall mr lawrence in windsor on a speaking engagement would riot deny or thh seems under a cloud only from premier robarts himself can clarification of this point be made it would seem to be in the public interest if a statement was for thcoming prior to the february leadership convention to enable the delegates to grasp the entire picture the original proposed legislation in troduced by the industry and the mines department primarily was unac ceptable to the municipalities if there was revised legislation it would seem that the cabinet felt it too was unac ceptable in fairness to all leadership candidates the premier should clarify this point it might well be that the mines minister boxed himself into the corner and the cabinet is going to let him get out of it himself mrs loretta mcnab chalk lake dear mr thomas i notice with interest the pictures illustrating the progress of stouffville to its presentday affluence the picture which bears the caption late wb cou saw kllpr but at least rsaorofouxp 7 sugar and spice why worry about fat in the bacon by bill smiley its one of those wild canadian nights with the wind howling like a pack of wolves on an lsd trip and snow seeking out every crevice my wife came down today and found a little kid trying manfully to shut our front door which had been blown open there was about eight inches of snow in the vestibule and the furnace was grunting away like a hippo with a hernia its the sort of night when you think with awe of our ancestors in their draughty log cabins and their sod houses on the prairies we simply cant imagine getting up at five in pitch dark lighting a lamp building a fire breasting it through three or four feet of snow to the barn or leanto to see whether the animals have sur vived feeding them numb to the bone and coming back in to make porridge a tough life but in some ways we must envy them they didnt have to worry about too much cholesterol in the eggs too much fat in the bacon they didnt have that demon of today the alarm- clock to tear their tender morning nerves and maybe because they werent geared to the clock they missed some of the joys of modern life they didnt have ulcers because they had to do something sanders stouffvilles only warden is in error to the extent that it is a picture of harry w sanders a son of wb sanders w b was stouffvilles only warden you are correct harry was a reeve of the village and during his term of office the pavement with storm sewers and curbs was laid on the main street and the public library was built the original public library known as the mechanics institute was presented to the village in the form of a wing on the town hall by jacob burkholder a member of a stouffville area pioneer family the writer a son of harry sanders has fond childhood memories of time spent in the tribune office watching the then publisher and editor william malloy setting his own type and operating his own primitive linotype machine the tribunes contribution to the community in publishing interesting historical items is greatly appreciated harold a sanders about their problems not just worry about them they werent constipated because they didnt have time in that cold their women werent so neurotic because they didnt have time to worry about nerves cancer gray hair and wrinkles it was a hard brutal life no question but were they worse off than we maybe their kids had to walk three miles to school through the snow but when they got there there wasnt anybody trying to convince them that sniffing nail polish was the greatest and the same kids when they hit their teens were young men and women capable and independent my grand mother died at 33 fatigue and child- bearing common enough in those days there were nine children and my mother the oldest girl reared the lot of them most of our kids today couldnt raise a guinea pig without the help of two parents and a veterinarian i am presently trying to convince my daughter that the freeenterprise system has its points she has some piano pupils she thinks it is atrocious that she gets only half the fee the kids pay a mere 2 a halfhour while the studio owner takes the other half 2 i point out to her that he picks her up and delivers her home that it is his studio his piano nis advertising his overhead nope it is a clear case of vicious capitalistic exploitation of the young and my mother hitched up the horse- andbuggy or horseandcutter and drove all over calumet island and half of pontiac county giving lessons at fifty cents an hour and drove the long dark lonely road home its not the money half a buck then was probably worth more than four dollars today its the attitude theres nobody to be blamed they grew up in an era of comparative peace when a strong back and a strong will gave you a life that was rewarding we grew up through a depression and a world war and sought security our kids are growing up in an era of violence and fear and rapid change and insecurity and perhaps the last are more idealistic than any of us closer to the truth with their slogan of love and peace mmmmj i portraits of the past all about bulls and things by jim thomas have you ever heard the song- you can take the boy out of the country but you cant take the country out of the boy those words used to fit me but not any more ive been brainwashed by suburbia at least thats the opinion of rod torrance markham rr 1 with j reference to a page 1 picture in the tribune issue of feb 4 mr torrance writes as follows for the first time in my long farming career ive had the opportunity to see a thoroughbred bull any previous experience ive had with thoroughbreds was at the racetrack and that is no bull but perhaps next year i will have for the first time in my life the opportunity to see a purebred horse run at greenwood this point sent me scurrying for my dictionary which gives 4 the following definition thoroughbred of pure stock bred of parents of official pedigree purebred belonging to a breed with recognized characteristics maintained through generations of un mixed descent not much help but just to prove im not an unyielding kind of character ill bow to mr torrances superior knowledge about bulls and things id sure hate to see him lose any money on a photofinish between a thoroughbred hereford and a purebred holstein and talk about a photofinish stouff ville district secondary school has selected its first winter carnival queen tapemeasured statistics are gulp 42- 3842 even more revealing is the fact that the winner turned out not to be a miss or even a mrs but of all things a mr staff teacher bill sanders no less physical education instructor david connell a chief organizer of the event was accorded the privilege of the first dance 9 the recommendation by district 11 teachers of the ontario secondary school federation that birth control in formation centres and clinics be established for students grade 9 to 13 has gone over like a lead balloon not only in stouffville but across the region its the federation that needs the information and the parents that require the clinics commented one girl in grade 10 she may have a point a tip of the hat and a boy scout badge to stouffvilles assistant postmaster howard smith at the height of last fridays wind and sleet storm he could be seen changing a flat tire on a mail carriers car stranded on mill street who said chivalry is dead why insurance company presidents grow gray the oak ridges detachment of the ontario provincial police report property damage at 5522000 in highway collisions during the recent snow storm jan 26 and this was in only one area think of the total across the province most wives will readily admit their husbands look pretty terrible first thing in the morning and while mine hasnt said so i expect i look as bad as all the rest i must for it was just last saturday i had to coax two pretty young jehovahs witness girls to come in out of the cold and when they left they ran the color of stouffvilles pontiac police cruiser will soon be changed from bell telephone green to yellow something like the exterior of the old goodwood hotel speaking of goodwood id like to know who drove the 70passenger bus into the farm field on the 4th concession of ux- bridge south of hwy 47 while a roadside sign reads no trespassing its for sure no one is likely to get in to drive it out at least not until spring kcmembcr riding from stoufrvillc lo toronlo in a bus like this this was the kind of- deluxe transportation offered in 1930 at no extra cost the driver provided passenger with a couple of heated bricks lap robe that was 41 years ago each and a a word to the wives whose husbands complain about standing in line for a haircut at steves barbershop in the westend plaza dont believe it theyre just catching up on the latest edition of playboy and thanks for all the wonderful calendars particularly the beautiful one from you the folks at second markham baptist church the children each have their own and everybodys happy