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page 2 the tribune thursday june 15 1972 m55 established 1s8s chabies h nolan publisher james thomas associate publisher and editor robert mccausland advertuing manager published everv thursday by inland publishing co limited at main st stouffville ont tel 6402101 single copies 13c subscriptions s600 per year in canada s1000 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editorial sign it now two years ago ken laushway then the reeve of stouffville recommended the detouring of all throughtraffic around the village via the bloomington sideroad he claimed after some personal in vestigation that haliburtonbound cottagegoers represented no benefit whatever to commercial establishments here but rather proved only an irritation to wouldbe local shoppers we opposed the reeves stand at the time claiming local service stations restaurants and drug stores did benefit from the weekend cottage commuter our opinion was later supported by professional survey that was in 1970 the traffic situation while bad enough then has grown steadily worse we are now prepared to follow mayor laush- ways advice reroute the cottagebound traffic around stouffville town council should act immediately to obtain approval from the dept of highways to erect a large sign at the ringwood intersection indicating an alternate route to the north while the move is no surecure for our traffic ills it would serve as a temporary solution until an improved eastwest street system is initiated out of touch we do not hold to the adage of government by the people we say that ward representatives once elected should not bend in the breeze this does not mean however that residents should not be heard if they have a legitimate complaint or in fact be consulted if the issue is something of a personal nature this issue is the renaming of mt joy sideroad 16th avenue in the town of markham to rutherford road it is not our intent to downgrade the status of the late albert rutherford of vaughan in fact we feel its a fine thing that mr rutherfords name is to be revered in this way in the town of vaughan but not in the town of markham we ask does history hold no significance to the council of markham town or indeed do they know the historical significance of the name mt joy or do they care in case the ward councillors memory needs a little refreshing the designation mt joy sideroad dates back to 1840 so called by the ramer family who im migrated from mt joy pennsylvania to the markham area more than 130 years ago to newcomers to the community the importance of the issue may seem trivial to native residents and there are still a few left it is not planning an exercise in futility the function of municipal planning committees should be discontinued and the committees disbanded the futility of it all was revealed recently in the town of whitchurch stouffville under discussion was a 12 lot development near lemonville the original proposal 20 lots was approved by the municipality however it was vetoed by the province councillor merlyn baker was incensed he had every right to be approval at the local level means little or nothing the final stamp of approval must come from queens park a process that takes far too long if in fact ap proval comes through at all we say if the province is so anxious to arrogate to itself all planning powers let them the vast amount of time and energy spent by municipal represen tatives on planning matters could be better spent elsewhere fighting city hall in this case queens park is a splendid principle in this in stance its just not worth it let the province have all the power and all the headaches that go with it editor 31a i i dear sir i read the tribune every week my sons sends it to me i am concerned about the proposed airport near stouffville i live 15 miles from the el centro airport and believe me at times you would think the jets were coming through the house they really shake the place in some areas they have had to close the schools i was born in stouffville and retain great respect for my home town and the family after which it was named mrs p lonergan brawley california dear sir until now i hesitated to voice my opinion on the abortion issue because an 8 cent letter seemed an inadequate alternative to the complex problem to enact more liberalized laws toward obtaining an abortion is a definite step backward in this supposedly civilized society i would give wholehearted support to a government program which encourages the protection of the young the weak the helpless and the disabled i would advertise in the paper to communicate with anyone seeking an abortion and on a mother to mother basis would try to convey the gravity of such a decision anyone who understands the con ception and development of human life could not i believe with clear con science seek to destroy this most exquisite jewel man and woman can conceive the destruction of any living being to ensure happiness for another is not a positive solution to any situation abortion is jungle law survival of the fit not the feelings of compassionate caring humans abortion stops abortion silences abortion kills abortion completely reverses our reasons for being abortion is i not caring what happens to you abortion is man failing man makes things in his attempt to recreate man he destroys life is our most precious gift we are only here today to proclaim it thank you for listening mrs cecilia broderick stouffville dear sir your roaming around column under the heading self pollution april 27 was an excellent article the fact that neither you nor your wife have acquired the smoking habit is commendable on this subject i find it difficult to understand why so many people possess so little willpower and find it necessary to suck on a deadly coffin nail by now it is common knowledge that cigarettes are a cause of cancer but yet folks young and old persist one can hardly ride on a bus anymore without some idlebrained male or female puffing smoke in your face there are other forms of pollution for seek cemetery records the ontario genealogical society is seeking a record of all cemeteries in the twp of pickering particularly those burial plots in the proposed airport and north pickering community lands information in this regard should be sent to j d milne 57 treadgold crescent don mills or markham museum curator john lunau markham r r 2 this weatherworn monument located in st johns cemetery cone 7 pickering bears the following inscription jcanie baird smith beloved wife of rev john maclean born in glasgow scotland 18g8 died 1906 i jim thomas i i am mh hh the speaker was speechless by bill smiley life as some sage put it does have its ups and downs does it not item i have a beloved aunt and a beloved uncle she was widowed a couple of years ago and he became a widower some years ago they were very close each was living alone in a goodsized house they finally decided to pool resources sell their houses and live in an apartment as company for each other they went off to florida this past winter in the same mail i received news that she was ill with terminal cancer and he at 80 was getting married weii life is the life as my daughter said when she was about five we thought it a pretty philosophical statement at that age it covers a lot of ground speaking of daughter the bride she and her husband made it to vancouver and halfway back in a tenyear old car which is about the same age as an 80year old man coincidentally my uncle is going to vancouver for his honeymoon this prelude as usual leads me directly into my theme making speeches my daughter hasnt made a speech my uncle hasnt made a speech and i havent made a speech and therein hangs a tail the tail hangs between the legs of a good friend of mine five weeks ago he asked me if id make a speech just three or four minutes at a ceremony to mark the retirement of a dear friend and colleague reluctantly i agreed i hate making speeches however this was a special occasion the lady who is retiring is a fine teacher a gracious person beloved by her thousands of exstudents of irish descent and a good anglican what more could a person have example the dreadful immorality in our schools and colleges and the pills sup plied to carry it on liquor ads por nographic literature strip shows 1 could go on why are such things allowed ill teli you why love of money the root of all evil leslie grove stouffville rr4 two weeks later my good friend who was in charge of lining up the occasion asked me if i would make a short speech at the ceremony rather puzzled i told him he had already asked me he assured me that the speeches would be short there were only four speakers and i would be last this suited me another member of the doughheaded committee in charge of the big event kept reminding me that i was to speak and needling me about having the speech ready i replied with a certain hauteur that i never failed to deliver and that the speech would be ready and it was at 1145 am on the morning of the ceremony i sat down and wrote a light but loving tribute to the victim the ceremony began at 2 pm it was a huge success the retiring lady was almost overwhelmed she had ex pected a tea with perhaps forty or fifty people and some kind of a gift maybe a watch or a brooch or an oil painting by 3 pm there were over 500 people in the place some of them from over 1000 miles away then the speakers began they ranged from her first principal who plodded with kindly intent but size 12 brogans through her early life revealing her age and various other un mentionables he was followed by a couple of former students a couple of former colleagues the local member of parliament for whom she wouldnt vote if it meant she was damned for eternity and a tem porary colleague the temperature in the cafetorium how do you like that word was about 110 the acoustics were hopeless a great groundswell of murmuring arose from the back of the hall where people couldnt hear a word and started having a reunion the speakers were interspersed by the reading of telegrams from the minister of education the prime minister of the province and pierre elliott trudeau whoever he is i was sweating about a quart a minute not from fear but from humidity my wife started to get hairy as speaker after speaker mounted the podium she shot what daddy means to me by jim thomas what is the significance of sunday june 18 forgotten dont be ashamed youre not alone for lets admit it fathers dont rank with mothers when it comes to special days in fact fathers dont rank with mothers in many areas however regardless of any personal feelings of inequality i could see no harm in putting other pops to the test mr boadway the principal of summitview public school in stouffville readily agreed f the question posed to boys and girls grades 1 and 2 was why do you lovfe your daddy the handprinted repliesj were introduced by i love my daddy because a few of them follow david sibbick i love my daddyi because he knows how to spell my spelling janet stevens i love my daddy because he makes my day happy e betty jean jolly more i love my daddyi because hes the best father in the whole wide world colin david varley i love my dadd because he takes my brother and m camping he buys us toys and marbles candies ice cream cones and almost everything but i dont have a horse jeff hutchinson i love my daddy because he plays ball with me gloria mintz i love my daddy because he is handsome teddy barker i love my daddyi because he lets my mom and us go to new brunswick douglas smurthwaite i love my daddy because he is good michael glenn i love my daddy because he makes good cookies he also makes our beds sometimes f jane manser i love my daddy because i when im bad he spanks meijecause hi doesnt want me to do the same bad thing again m sean wilkinson i love my daddv because everyone should love onfl another ricky ewing i love my daddy because he looks after us tj sandy stover i love my daddy because he tickles me every night arjd when he arrives home from school hj hugs me i kent davidge i love my daddyi because he doesnt send me to bed until 1030 on weekends craig corner i love my daddy because he takes me to his police station david darling i love my daddy because he makes most of the money fris us f lisa eriksen i love my daddy because every night he cooks our supper john paul herold i love my daddyr because he lets me go to uncle adams to ride their horses and play in the hay stephen mcginty i love my daddy because he gets up in the middle of the night to go to work linda ostrander i love my daddy because he bought me a pup y- lea sainsbury i love my dadd because he takes me horseback riding and fishing were real good friends tracey thompson i love my daddy because i just love him thats all l christie gooderham i love my dady- because he first loved me sunday june 18 is fathers dajj remember looks and hisses at me and murderous looks at the chairman my speech rustled in my breast pocket the gifts were fabulous an oil painting set a french poodle live and an in- perpetuity scholarship in her name for students of french it ended and the mobs murmur became a roar my wife leaped up went to the chairman and said something probably not worth repeating she came back to me eyes blazing and blurted i im going home right this minute and she did she stomped out which as a lady shed never have done this is how you know your wife loves you it didnt bother me much i hate making speeches f i gave my manuscript to dear grace on monday she wrote me a note that canl only be called by that oldfashioned adjective beautiful it meant much more to me than a thunderous ovation and my j good friend who had fouled up couldnt sleep all that night