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vssysv the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 9 1950 the stouffville tribune established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments building costs there is unemployment in the canadian woods this winter partly because the people who need and want houses cannot afford to pay the wages demanded by organized workers who produce materials and construct homes wages are 80 per cent of the cost of the materials and the construction of a house there will be continuing subnormal employment in the housebuilding industry from the woods to the last coat of paint until the costs of housebuilding come down govern ment housing subsidies have been soaked up by shorter hours increased wages costs and prices shingwauk farm scene are we getting soh one begins to wonder whether canadians are the hardy folk they think they are the other day a storm swept southern ontario and quebec it lasted less than 24 hours and at most only a foot of snow fell but the headlines and radio broadcasts that followed suggested that we had experienced a catastrophe true the storm was serious enough while it lasted and it was the first bit of bad weather that had hit this section of the country all winter but it was not so unusual we have had far more snow and just as much wind in previous winters and we will probably have them again unless of course we accept as gospel the prediction of a couple of optimistic scientists that this country is turning tropical according to the financial post the sad truth is that we have become so accustomed to nice clear highways and air conditioned cars homes and offices that it comes as a shock when nature shows she is still untamed maybe some day we will find a way for subduing or detouring bliz zards and cold waves but until we do we might as well be prepared to expect and accept them a divided york county the announcement made last week by premier leslie frost if carried out will mean that 1950 will see the end of york county and its big council as presently constituted according to the premier the dozen municipalities surround ing the city must amalgamate their public services in a manner satisfactory to all otherwise a private bill will take those municipalities into toronto as part of the great city what stouffville markham whitchurch and all muni cipalities north will think of the proposed change we are not sure but many reeves are prepared to accept it as something that will not do the northern municipalities any harm after all they are but small fish in the big pool down there and a smaller county would be more preferable to the rural areas from a financial side there are no figures to indicate what sort of county could be made from those municipalities from markham north comprising twelve incorporated places we are not sure they could operate on any lower tax rate than the present county rate perhaps it would be higher and their influence as a county council would not be so impressive as it is today however that may be many reeves and deputyreeves are ready to support a division of the county many others are unable to determine what is best but premier frost has come along with a warning that unless something is done this year the legislature will divide the county beginning january 1951 canninglon seeks wash rooms for public the village of cannington has renewed its request for a grant from ontario county council toward installation of public wash rooms in that village for a second time the council will likely reject the idea although it has some merit wash rooms are for the general public and not just the villagers indeed it is the outsiders who appreciate them and make use of such places however here in stouff ville wash rooms opened by the village now remain locked because of the shameful way the public used them appeal after appeal for common decency brought no results so the places have been closed the past years this is unfair to the general public because it is for the most part a very small percentage of people who would not use these facil ities in a decent manner and because of their action every body is made to suffer the council of stouffville at one time established these conveniences and it is a backward step to abandon them one of the arguments against public wash rooms is that none of the neighboring towns have them this is a weak argument perhaps and is merely an excuse if neigh boring towns fail to provide firstclass accommodation for their travelling public and the people who come to buy their wares it is our opportunity to go one better and provide that lack which is so greatly appreciated by the better type of people the 1950 council of stouffville should try to find some way to make use of the wash rooms or the merchants should perhaps undertake to have them opened under super vision provided by the business mens association it would be a real accommodation to their patrons the old home town by stanley sxtnu mayors and reeves prefer joint council instead of toronto amalgamating its 12 suburban municipalities touching its borders the dozen places that would be consumed propose to amalgamate the city this was indicated at a meeting of the toronto area committee held last week when the warden of york county who is reeve of eto- bicoke township one to be con sumed put forward his counter proposal the committee approved the sin clair proposal that toronto join the suburbs in a metropolitan county council in effect an ex pansion of the present york coun ty council in which toronto and the id york county municipalities would have representation propor tionate to size and the area would unify services according to need the proposal was adopted by a 103 vote two reeves supported mayor hiram k mccallums op position to the metropolitan county council plan just how york county council would accept the wardens propos al is not known if the twelve tuck solidly for amalgamation with toronto of the whole county the remaining 11 might be over whelmed because of the plural voting where the larger munici palities carry an extra vote then it is said plural voting could not be resorted to and only applies on a vote concerning money matters this might be construed to be just that in any event this newspaper is not sure the rural areas would look with favor on a larger county coun cil- it is already too large and if city representation should be added there would be over 70 members the new council chambers would be overcrowded and the rural municipalities would be pushed quite into the background accord ing to the reeve of stouffville the twelve municipalities are doing everything to escape the clut ches of toronto everything but sitting down and calmly working out some system that would amal gamate their services so that fu ture expansion could go on in a normal way around the outskirts of the city failing to cooperate their services amalgamation seems about the inevitable thing kaitm forum xkws by mabel sanderson a joint meeting of the markham township federation of agriculture and the york county radio farm forum rally was held at the veter ans hall in unionville feb 27 the hall was fairly well filled with a few vacant chairs for those members of other forums who did not get there we hope to see you next time folks the meeting opened with mr don raymer president of the markham fa in the chair after a few words of welcome to the visiting forums he tuned in to cbl where we listened to our usual broadcast president paul snider introduced the guest speaker mr kingsley brown editor of the rural cooperative who gave us a very interesting and educational address mr brown was an exception ally easy speaker to listen to as one listened it seemed as if he could have given as a topic the control of the atom bomborwe are our brothers keepers in speaking of the surplus food stuffs and farmers strikes we hear so much about in canada these days air brown said during world war i everybody was working most workable land was in use in canada the amount of food stuffs shipped to europe was tremen dous she has not paid for it and it is not likely she ever will sereial tons went to the bottom of the ocean then along came world war ii when canada again repeated this per formance and yet it was right on top of times like these that the people of canada had s 9 10 years of prosper ity never before dreamed of homes better furnished families better clothed educated and fed ma chinery of laborsaving value in abun dance a few years ago a farmer who could produce enough to feed and clothe his family was considered a first class farmer today with the vast improvements the farmers arm has been made so much longer and stronger that now he can take care of his own family and still others europe is still hungry 55000 for breakfast every morning what are the canadians going to do about it can we not persuade our govern ment to look into this and as long as we have the land and the man power europe should be fed mr snider then took the chalr when the delegates for federation of agriculture were appointed as follows mr charlie grubb of emery farm forum mr john snider of victoria square farm forum and mr norman itae of virginia farm forum mr clare burt told us there was a new forum at box grove and he thought he might have a couple more lined up before the evening was over dont forget your folk school be ing held from march 1012 in the home of mr and mrs paul snider 1 mile south of xo 7 highway on the 4th of vaughan your secretary has full particulars if you would like to go sunday anly you are asked to take the lunch basket with you a good time of educational value and fellowship is in store forttll who attend transatlantic telephone ervice was available to some canadian cities as early as 1s27 what to do with bus i profits on yonge street over three and a half times the profits were earned by the north j yonge bus line in december 194 as in the same month of 1018 i 1919 figures were 100543 where as the 1918 profit was 114937 richmond hills share of the months earnings would be appro ximately 900 with vaughan and markham townships getting appro ximately 440 apiece which goes back to property owners in the transportation area of those town ships as is pointed out by the rich mond hill liberal the profits ac cruing to richmond hill go into the general account of the town so that all property owners receive a fair distribution by the samel token why shouldnt the profits ac cruing to markham township be spent by the council on improve- j ments in the area entitled to the money paved roads for instance i would provide improved service to the area backing the railway the area that would be assessed for any deficit that might occur of course a good reserve should be set up that would ensure rea sonable protection against any lean i years the service might encounter the problem of distribution of profits has been a live issue with the councils hence it would seem that a sensible distribution would be to hand the money back through the channel of special service in places like markham township to distribute casli would be an im possibility on an equitable basis since there are so many changes in ownership the money spent in the district would enhance the value of properties entitled to money everybodys b usbsess by 0 is fear of failure preventing you from realizing some ambition or launching some new project that was howard ts trouble as a mechanic in a garage he had hopes that someday he would own his pwn auto repair business he had the necessary experience and promises of financial backing but certain obstacles that he would have to overcome always dis couraged him so to this day he has never put his plan into action the world is full of howards people who never give themselves a fair chance at success because obstacles which could be over come by determined effort held them back this u not to say that obstacles should be ignored its only com mon sense to take them into account but too often we overrate them frequently too we exaggerate the probable consequences of failure yet cyrus field failed three times before he succeeded in span ning the atlantic with the first cable so next time you shrink from tackling some project step up your will to win fear can also serve useful purposes as for example when it prompts us to prepare for old age and emergencies by taking out life in surance this commonsense step has been taken by more than 4yt million canadians 170 british paralysis at critical time the to tear the party apart such is the wretched state of the tribe that undertook to lead the people to a nonexistent utopia in the attempt tragic things have happened the vote reveals the fact the man whom churchill dubb ed a sheep in sheeps clothing still holds a teetering tenuous hold on that politically britain is becoming power over the britons his chief two nations there is complete helpers bevin cripps and morri- cleavage between organized labor son are weary and unwell his fire- on the one side and the middle u water twins bevan and shinwell classes agriculture and commerce tntivz n c rumored to be plotting a coupon the other geographically it me zj 1 1 r 2 n takes the shape of the north memorial arena commission conn- limine m it will take to qlit arena board urges sunday rental be upheld 1 dont agree with this he added pointing out that ratepayers vot- cillor geo thompson last week tried to resign over a disagreement with other commission members over the use of rink ice on sunday one of three members who favor ed renting the rink for sunday hockey piacticescouncillor thomp- fol s100000 debentures and con son asked to be replaced ihbute a furlner towards i can t see my way clear to carry the al el councillor as of e arena tnbmpson sait ne dw not think board thompson said unless laxpayers woul pay any the board has every opportunity so free skat ng could be to make the arena pay its way n sundavs councillor thompson said the ma- he didnt think citizens would mind j tolerance wisdom and statesman- paying a little more if it could ship if this division is not to be moan the santity of sunday would come an unbridgeable gap jority of the sevenman board would allow free skating periods on sundays outside hours that would conflict with church services and sunday schools he had no objection to free skating but felt re venue also could be brought in by renting the rink to hockey teams im firmly convinced the arena must be operated to show a profit at every opportunity another board member has said canadas islands have a coastline mileage of 34650 miles mayor harold lawrence was re quested to confer with councillor to retain him on the board coun cillor carmen core is the other board member representing coun cil the arena was opened officially two months ago rent for sunday skating has since been the centre of hot debate at board meetings councillor thompson said he was not seeking reelection in 1951 and if the arena was going to run into debt he wanted no part of it be cause he would have to seek re election to save his face indeed it will and what a terrible epitaph for any man to have on his tombstone political or corporeal that he rent his country in twain set man against man equally tragic is the effect on opinion in the united states the fact is that the americans are terribly tired of financing british anil european recovery eca appropriations for another year are coming in for an extreme ly rough ride in congress yet to millions upon millions of us citizens it appears that their dollars are subsidizing socialism a political gospel dedicated to destroying the system which makes it possible for america to pay those dollars canadian railways spend 288906 per year in maintenance for every mile of track in the country p look in your heart for the answer it happens almost every hour somewhere in canada a thoughtless step a scream of brakes and another life hangs in the balance with an emergency blood transfusion the only hope will you reach out a helping hand to snatch one of these lives from the jaws of death you can do so by giving generously to support and extend the red cross free blood transfusion service through which more and more canadian hospitals are being supplied with precious blood and plasma your gift will also help send relief wherever disaster strikes assist the lied cross veterans services maintain red cross outpost hospitals and aid many other essential red cross services your contribution is needed and needed now cnnullaii 15mk of commerce slouftvlllr ont telephone i