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pag 2 the tribune tbunday april 15 1971 ca fir established 1888 c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 51 main st stouffviue ont tel 6402101 single copies 15c subscriptions ss00 per year in canada 5300 elsewhere member ol audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editoriai calling all cyclists the cyclings not crowded at least not yet for the may 1 bikeathon sponsored by the stouffviue lions club there are only two more saturdays in which to register to date less than 100 have signed up originally it had been hoped that up to 400 might participate in spite of the publicity given the event there seems to be confusion in the minds of many concerning the rules the bikeathon is not a race if anything it might be classed as an en durance contest the more miles you ride the more money you earn for a chosen club or charity for example 10 sponsors at ten cents equals one dollar per mile if a rider completes five miles he earns 500 this means 250 goes to the charity of his choice and 250 to the lions organizations to which earnings may be channelled include stouffviue cancer society york association for the men tally retarded stouffviue scouts and cubs stouffviue guides and brownies stouffviue figure skating club stouff viue minor hockey association stouff viue lions club claremont lions club lemonville scouts and cubs and the markham pony club this project was meant to be an all- community affair and it will be if everyone young and old alike get in on a piece of the action registration dates are april 17 and 24 at the municipal office civic street from 9 am to l pm join in the fun it will be good for you and the community too sales site too small dozens of drivers had their cars tagged saturday on hwy 47 in the area of the stouffviue livestock sales arena the ontario provincial police while somewhat reluctant to penalize the motorists had no alternative vehicles were parked on both sides of the pavement some in the wrong direction the section is clearly signed the owners however had little alternative either the inside lot was filled by noon and some had to walk a halfmile to get there as it was this sales site often described as like markham fair is now facing one of markham fairs problems the property is too small to accommodate the crowds that are attracted to it every year the situation worsens with last saturdays throng of buyers and customers the largest yet but a parking ticket is not conducive to bringing customers back some solution should be found the owners have undoubtedly con sidered the possibility of expanding their parking premises perhaps this is not practical their only alternative then is to invest in a new and larger site cer tainly the problems encountered saturday cant be ignored many stouffviue residents can recall when this business had its start on park drive north some twenty years ago it soon outgrew the location there thats the price of progress slum area in the making pro century city anti century city the battle lines have been drawn and the war of words rages on but all the while the two factions talk a good fight and attempt to win support for their sides the area in question or part of it sinks slowly but steadily into rural economic ruin much of this property could be classed only as marginal farm land at best but take it out of agricultural circulation completely and a slum atmosphere soon sets in this in our opinion is the most pressing problem at present one that should concern everyone with a stake in the community one that should also concern the municipal council we toured the site saturday and while this particular time of year is not conducive to the creation of scenic surroundings the signs of rural de pression were evident on every side many barn buildings are falling apart some of the houses look much the same and so soon think what a few more years could bring we feel the time has come for century city developments limited to take a long look at itself and where its headed the situation as we see it appears hopeless so hopeless in fact we see only a compromise settlement as a solution to the present stalemate something would be better than nothing agriculturally that something will soon be nothing editors mail dear mr thomas i would like to thank you very much for helping to publicize our train show we had 1602 people and raised 80100 for charity without the help from people like yourself this would not have been possible thanks again morley sproule 85 cliffcrest drive scarborough dear sir on march 24 the national railways of france gave a cocktail party in the ballroom of a posh toronto hotel i saw a crowd of about 300 travel agents and media pep a squad of waiters dispensed assorted delicacies and among those lined up three deep at the free bar were a representative of the cpr and a director of the cnr it was a sophisticated effort to encourage toronto people to use railways in france torontos rail network is ideally suited for passenger service it could relieve pollution traffic jams and the high cost of expressway construction but what are our railways doing canadian pacific has applied to discontinue gait service canadian national applied to discontinue guelph service and when ordered to replace the 50year old coaches on the run delayed complying for three months cp ran its orangeville service north on mondays wednesdays and fridays and south tuesdays and thursdays by 1970 traffic declined to the point that per mission was obtained to discontinue cn proposes to reduce barrie line service from 42 trains a week four years ago to 18 cn provides no beaverton line commuter service cn has run no passenger trains beyond markham on the uxbridge line for 10 years and has even applied to discontinue the oneway wonder to markham cp applied to discontinue peterborough service via agincourt when ordered to add extra coaches by the canadian transport commission they attempted a 50 percent fare increase until ordered to roll it back if national railways of france promote traffic in a country 3000 miles away why do cn and cp apparently discourage passengers in the toronto area john c medcof mount albert ottawa coed f 4bek70jom tub govbfylogleilf foot guards jleisliem hahed jtlatfrfwfafijd cantpoa pa0- iajth if sugar and spice the honest thief still must pay by bill smiley towards the end of a long dreary winter like this years even the most jubilant of spirits begin to flag the world takes on a gray monotony about the colour and taste of english gravy we seem to be suspended in a vague nightmare in which we are swimming in porridge with no land in sight we have forgotten the glory of the individual spirit and our fellowbeings seem to merge into the murk right there is the point at which we need a good spring tonic in the old days our mothers gave us a physical one in the shape of a good purge and it seemed to help but in these days of instant laxatives we need something for the spirit not the body i got my tonic this year just in time it was in the form of two stories both true my faith in the colour and vitality of the human spirit was restored and i feel like living again the first one contained enough irony and humanity to satisfy the most demanding of writers it concerned a bank holdup the manager was out to lunch when the desperado struck he slipped a note to one of the tellers informing her that it was a stickup then slipped a sawedoff shotgun from under his coat and went to the front counter chatting happily on the phone to his girlfriend the accountant had his back to the villain the latter waited politely for him to finish his call and get the message a lady teller trying to get the ac countants attention kept hissing at him dave dave he went blithely on while the robber began to drum his fingers on the counter with just a touch of impatience finally he roared in a stentorian voice dave dave looked over his shoulder and dropped the phone as though it were redhot as he looked into that shotgun barrel about the size of a cyclops eye the intruder shoved a bag at dave and told him to fill it it was done and the visitor left with what turned out to be 3000 he got away clean though three of the staff had rung alarm bells which were directly connected to the police station a customer saw the getaway car and got the license number the chap was picked up about a week later a sordid story not at all this was no ordinary hood this was a man of character what did the holdup man do with the money he went to his own bank and paid off a 500 loan then he went to a finance company and paid them 1000 he owed them what a pity he was caught an honest man who paid his debts pushed by them into an armedrobbery charge a man of character the second story is also true the hero lives in a small town he owns and rides a beautiful horse on a recent saturday he rode uptown feeling no pain he wanted his horse to enjoy life too so he took him to a hotel and tried to take him into the beer parlour unac countably he was refused undaunted he took his steed across the street to a tavern and tried to buy him a double foiled again he was trying to lead his pal into the beverage room of the other hotel in town when the law arrived it was ho contest the cowboy told the cop exactly what he thought of him for- about twenty minutes he then mounted old paint and galloped up the sidewalk of the main street scattering old ladies into snowbanks and children into store doorways allegedly when the constable was asked why he didnt put the strong arm on the cowboy he replied i didnt know what to do with the dam horse and a perfectly sensible answer dont ever let anyone tell you that canadians are a dull mousy colourless lot jesse james was a violent clod and dodge city a home for old ladies com pared to this bank robber and this cowboy lemonville public school ss no 9 1931 nothing kindles memories like school photos of yesteryears this one at lemonville ss no 9 whitchurch twp dates back to 1931 the names follow rear row left to right doris baker elda hutchinson reta wells keith hutchinson bruce baker geo gibner margaret simpson teacher alan baker frank hall harold preston fred gibner jim rae louis wells centre row left to right sam fockler jim attrid marion hastings betty ham vera wells norma rae blanche preston mary baker ruby fockler velma vake front row left to right walter hall doug ham elgin hastings andrew hutchinson elmer hood gorman dixon roy flewell ken ham proud but pooped by jim thomas the seasons over house league hockey concluded its i activities last week and as the father of a firstyear champion im naturally proud im also unashamedly pooped i died a thousand deaths throughout the entire sixty minutes of that final game my concern was not that our little no 7 might miss out in scoring on the other guys goal quite the opposite i was more afraid he might score on his own to live with that disgrace all summer would be more than our family could stand thus i swallowed my heart every time he so much as touched the puck and i cheered lustily out of relief when the buzzer sounded and he headed for the box its not that i dont have faith and confidence in this numerical version of phil esposito its just that well on occasions he can do some pretty rash things and putting the puck in his own net would for him be pretty ordinary between peeks through my fingers i prayed oh so softly that he and we might be spared such embarrassment and we were possibly to go through the same hairraising experience again next season i hope so its been a lesson in parentchild relations i wouldnt have missed for the world for instance in previous winters i have been openly critical of the hockey players parent i charged all moms and dads with alleged indifference to little league play that was before i became a hockey players parent myself this attitude has since changed i now feel most parents deserve a medal at least the ones in mite classification do kids that age are so helpless and yet so demanding i know for i went tlirough the ordeal every monday night from the 19th day of october to the 12th day of april if the schedule had lasted a week longer id never have made it think of this for an early game at seven its supper at 530 a deadline i could never meet dressup time is set for 6 15 the scene is one of mass chaos have you ever seen the stuff the kids must wear today more gear than some of the nhl guys piece by piece spread out on the floor it spells c-o-n-f-u- sion and confused i become attempting to piece it together particularly when several of the pieces are missing the list not necessarily in order of merit runs something like this shin pads hockey stockings jock strap alias athletic support alias sam protector shoulder pads elbow pads hockey pants hockey sweater hockey helmet mouthguard skates skate guards gloves and stick these are the basics there are other incidentals however that must be cared for for example his skates must be sharp his stockings must be pinned and his stick must be taped but for all these little inconveniences i must admit it was a proud moment for all of us when no 7 lined up with the rest of the lads to shake hands with his rivals to touch the championship trophy and pose for a championship picture that one event alone made all previous problems seem trivial even the oc casion two minutes before game time when the usual personal and often disturbing pronouncement is made sorry dad but i have to go the bathroom v dear editor i wrote you last week expressing my personal concern over the obvious in justice meted out to our towns former police chief orland keating i was very pleased to see that you also saw fit to lend your editorial support to this cause your stand summed up my feelings perfecuy its nice to know that in this big im practical impersonal area of regional 4 government theres stiil one individual who will take time to think of another i only hope you are speaking for everyone dennis mclean