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faijc 2 the tribune tbursdaj march 4 1971 m wht lribunt e established 188s m 8fl5 c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor published every thursdav by inland publishing co limited at 54 main st stouffville ont tel sio2101 single copies 13c subscriptions 500 per year in canada s9g0 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editbial whats a few dollars whats a few dollars such was a gentlemans remark in an overthecounter conversation at the tribune office this week his reference was to the additional cost per subscriber for placing the 640 ex change in the freecall zone to toronto as a former metro resident he seemed to feel the move should be automatic no survey no estimate no anything just do it well it so happens there are others many others in the stouffville area who neither want nor need this additional service while so far silent on the issue they may still represent the majority wed like to know and the bell can provide the answer until the time comes when metro calls from stouffville reach a percentage as to require an extension of the exchange let those who use it pay for it as in dividuals keep it private a local resident in a letter to mayor ken laushway has questioned the rate increase of 25 cents per month for private garbage pickup in stouffville he wonders if the same service could be provided for less by the town we say no that is if the cost trend on governmentsponsored programs runs true to form with garbage collection as with everything else for instance lehman and madden utilize a secondhand vehicle the municipality would undoubtedly pur chase a new one the two gentlemen put in the required hours to do the job municipal employees however would work their usual shifts with overtime added or time off in lieu of overtime and the service undoubtedly would be no better so we say leave well enough alone at fifty cents a week theres no cause for complaint paving pitfalls an organization called the gormley action committee has been established through the consumers association of canada the representative for this area is mrs ursula shephard gormley rr2 the goal is better products through better packaging and honest advertising consumer week across canada ex tends from march 1 to 6 one of the most interesting items to come to our attention concerns home driveway paving in a period of two months three contractors were charged and convicted under the consumer protection act of ontario in this regard the consumer protection bureau offers the following tips to avoid such pitfalls 1 be sure the price is realistic 2 get a minimum of three estimates before you pick your paver check to see if the contractor is registered with the consumer protection bureau 3 dont be misled by a lengthy guarantee remember a guarantee is only good for as long as the company remains in business most reputable contractors will guarantee their work for one year is 4 be honest with the contractor when he asks questions dont tell him that no heavy trucks park on your driveway when you know the fuel tanker parks there once a month do you park your boat or trailer there during the winter months these are factors which govern the cost of a good job and if you are dishonest with the contractor then you must accept the consequences 5 dont insist on a smooth surface driveway a coarser texture of asphalt may not be as aesthetically pleasing but it is more durable 6 accept no verbal agreements insist that the contract list in detail the depth of stone base compacted thickness of asphalt date of completion and terms of payment length of warranty and a list of specific situations when the guarantee is not applicable editors mail dear sir i agree with mr kettle that people in this area are being discriminated against by bell canada stouffville 1971 ad is considered a suburb of metro toronto with big town property taxes and big town salaries to our municipal brass and employees in addition toronto is the source of earnings and income for the majority of 640 exchange subscribers yet a phone call from stouffville to a hospital any hospital is a long distance expense to your question is it worth it my emphatic answer is yes i would gladly pay more for improved communication services so essential to our 20th century life and a few dollars is not really that much when compared with what we must pay in other less im portant fields we simply cannot afford to walk backwards a zakis stouffville rr 4 dear editor please permit me to reply to the article under the caption name debate in the feb 4 issue of the tribune because i happen to be the one who is indirectly involved in the said debate the person who was directly involved was mr ad sandy bruce now deceased and to make a long story short he contacted us as fellow craftsmen in the early 30s to enlist our assistance in having the spelling as by then dixon hill corrected to its original dicksons hill form and realizing that his recounting of the early history of both his business and ours just had to be correct we agreed to use our best efforts to have this brought about this we did by changing the sign on our place of business altering our advertising stationery and by word of mouth what actually happened back in those early years was that a certain mr dickson discovered water power possibilities on the big rouge creek purchased several hundred acres of land and developed the water power and also built a flour and feed mill prior to 1842 this he sold to bruce brothers as a going concern and turned his attention to developing a similar project on the little rouge below ringwood no records seem to be available as to how long he operated this business but the names jonas miller job kaiser fred betz william burkholder and ourselves as the last ones to operate same are a matter of record perhaps the main point of the above for our present purpose is that in deeding the earlier site to bruce brothers he signed his name dickson and of 197 snomyobll sugar and spice pour your own with smileys mix by bill smiley well we ventured into sodom or gomorrah recently and escaped with nothing worse than a case of pop or thirteen cases to be exact we just had to visit out daughter at university because shes lonely this is the old battleaxes story and kim aids and abets with sly innuendoes in her letters how anybody can be lonely when shes living in a house with thirteen other girls is beyond the simple comprehension of a male parent maybe she is lonely but her real reason for wanting us to go down and see her is that she knows shes going to get a night in a hotel room have a smashing good dinner and see a show none of which is included in her budget the day before we were to go my muffler blew this coupled with dire weather warnings and my phobia about the city made me suggest cancelling the trip nothing doing turned out to be the worst weekend for course this would remain so in- definately the fact that he also built the home now occupied by the sherwoods lived and directed his business from there leaves no doubt that this then tiny hamlet derived its name from him for if my memory serves me right there were no other homes there at that time and a flour mill in those days was invariably the nucleus for a hamlet to spring up also equally noteworthy is the fact that no one to my knowledge ever heard of a family by the name of dixon having ever lived thereabouts or buried in the adjoining cemetery and we ask our selves was the name so alluring that it was snatched out of thin air well i suggest that it was alluring enough but only because it was easier written and by folks who had little regard or respect for ones who pioneered the now prosperous countryside and so after forty years of endeavor we find that there are still those who would openly deprive the founder of the dicksons hill hamlet the one small honor of spelling his name correctly and i would close by tendering my sincerest thanks to our present dicksons hill correspondent for having taken up the cudgel in honor of one of the great pioneers of our countryside wa jones kitchener ont dear sir as a person who grew up at dixons hill and attended school there i am very interested in the current name debate dixons vs dicksons it is my understanding that dixons hill is named after one of its earliest residents mr dixon who actually owned part of the hill and the land on which the missionary church stands was donated by him perhaps the gentleman who wrote the letter feb 18 issue and signed himself committee of one for dicksons hill was not aware of the historical background of the area while dicksons hill may look attractive sound pleasing and simple to write in truth dixons hill historically is the only name that does have meaning former resident driving this winter and thats a big statement however we made it had a room reserved but had forgotten about the big political convention the hotel lobby was chaos wildeyed room clerks redeyed conventioneers arguing over the bills they had run up which they had signed with a flourish for food and drink before the rusty dawn of the last day not a bellhop to be had finally got a key the people had checked out said the flunkey but the room wasnt made up yet all we wanted to do was relax after a 150mile bad drive so we found our own way up not only was the room not made up it was still oc cupied but the residents a charming couple from ottawa let us in while they finished packing both the room and the couple looked like the tailend of a convention it was actually two adjoining rooms and they looked like a scene from ten nights in a barroom not the people the rooms this had been a hospitality room it turned out that is a polite way of saying a place where the drinks usually sup plied as a public relations deal by the distillers are free for every moocher who arrives as well as the hardworking politicians there was still plenty of booze and about eighteen cartons of mix there was one madeup bed in the two rooms the rest of the space was a conglomerate of glasses bars desks placards and posters sam the husband was a fairly big wheel organizer he was tottering with fatigue and sounded as though he had swallowed two pounds of sand after four days and nights of working for the cause but within twenty minutes we were fast friends at four pm they informed us that they had to meet their son and his wife at the station at four pm they got away about 415 leaving us with the chores of telling their son where they might meet him and protecting the booze that was left everything worked fine son phoned got the message booze men looking like a couple of hotel dicks picked up the hooch giving us the cold suspicious stare i hadnt taken a single jug so help me my wife wouldnt let me but they wouldnt take the mix car tons and cartons and bottles and bottles of it we sat around desolately in the wreckage for three hours waiting for the maids to come finally the old lady got sore phoned the desk and demanded action we were given another room but leave all that mix not an old prisoner of war we carted thirteen cases with us after giving several to a raucous party from timmins across the hall who had been ogling and whistling at wife and daughter to formers delight and latters amusement settled in new room knock on door family of four entered they had been given same room dad exhausted mother distraught teenage daughter excited and twelveyearold son sitting sullenly in corner muttering never trust an alcoholic gave them a drink buddies in no time but they still had no room saw show wife shocked at nude scene checked out next day with thirteen cases of mix about 35 worth real hicks said the bellboys arrogant glares carried it off with aplomb dropped kim and eight cartons of ginger ale and cola at her residence arrived home with five of soda and tonic water drop around and bring your own booze any time were set for mix 40ahin everyone move to the front of the church please by jim thomas i skipped morning service sunday and im ashamed ashamed because i could have been there and should have been there but no i had other things that at the time seemed more im portant now i know they werent for i missed out on an innovation ive ad vocated but never practiced for years the innovation was this all members of the congregation were ushered from the back of the church to the front a kind of bus drivers order in reverse so what you say okay so the anglicans or baptists will sit anywhere but a presbyterian let me tell you a devout scot regards his seat pew as devine and woe betide the ingrate be he session clerk or pastor that dares deprive him or her of this right its grounds for withdrawal thats what more likely the withdrawal of the clerk or minister should the offended parishioner be a generous giver customs die hard but theyre dying and the sooner for some the better can you think of others that should go i can can you think of new ones that should be introduced sure lots how about the pastors black gown terrible like the apparel of some stuffy english professor or a comicstrip batman and that long pastoral prayer what purpose does it serve only time to remind mother she forgot to take the diapers out of the drier and the switchoff switch wont switch off or that dads promised to take the kids on a picnic when hed much sooner go playing golf better i say two minutes of perfect silence so each member can concentrate on his or her own problems without in terruption and the sermon fifteen minutes at the most with a question and answer period at the end gets the congregation in volved and lets the minister know whos been sleeping and who hasnt and ladies hats ban them except on easter sunday and the rear pews remove them including mine unless required utilize the space where mothers can muffle their crying kids including mine and make it a rule that all criers including mine be removed to the crying room im mediately and lets do away with the ceremonial passing of the collection plate instead have individual containers conveniently located at the entrance or exit where envelopes and loose nickels can be deposited without fanfare or em barrassment and music every congregation loves music not just vocal solos but in strumental accordions guitars banjos violins and yes even a bagpipe tune or two the latter could be restricted to presbyterians only and weddings where the prospective bride must first introduce herself to the minister before requesting his services at the ceremony no more of that all bridestobe should be required to attend services regularly at least one year prior to the occasion with the couples marital status wholly dependent on continuance of this practice outlaw the kissing custom in full view of all the guests but allow it following the signing of the register where the embrace can be shared only with the minister and baptisms mother father baby grandparents aunts uncles and cousins fill half the church and never seen again thats out all couples should agree to a minimum of six months regular at tendance both before and after the christening and missions a little less money into the melting pot overseas and more consideration to the needs of our un derprivileged indian and eskimo friends at home and an organized schedule of union services among all denominations during the summer vacation period when at tendance is lowest and a fervent prayer that the world day of prayer march 5 1971 will result in the bringing of all stouffville congregations together under one roof for one day for one hour for one purpose march 3 1972