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farafftrille mibnm vvol ci so 35 the tribune stouffville oxt december 21 1950 second section the stouffville tribune established j888 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 in the barbers chair the barber is in a privileged position regarding the opinion of his fellow men he is the repository of many mens thoughts when a man is enthroned in the barbers chair there is little he can do except think although an accasional patron contrives to read a magazine while hav ing his hair cut but being unable to do anything but think the average man is wont to exchange chatter with the art ist and as the soothing performances of clipping or scraping oes on he finds himself casually drifting into an interest ing twoway conversation the barber is invariably a wellinformed man his news paper sources of information being supplemented by a di verse education from his customers but he is also a model of discretion and the confidences of his chair are rarely broken st thomas timesjournal the vote was decisive sunday sport took a terrible beating at the polls in re cent municipal elections in such centres as kitchener orillia waterloo and in neighboring whitby the no majority amassed in all centres leaves not even a shadow of doubt which way the bulk of public opinion leans on the question the comparatively heavy vote in those centres where the vote was taken showed the keen interest whipped up by the issue fear of a wideopen sunday undoubtedly influenced many voters to turn thumbs down on the question the dark war clouds on the horizon may also have caused a shift from yes to no on relaxing the law governing the observance of the lords day that the vote was so decisive is the important thing and will probably kill the question for a long time screening teachers the board of education in toronto has decided to screen applicants for teaching jobs for communist sympa thies apparently the idea is a sort of schoolboard loyalty test the problems of communists in education just as the problem of communists in any other segment of community activities are thorny ones few parents would readily agree to have their childrens mental guidance handed over to a confirmed marxist or even a fellow traveller but as the winnipeg tribune says with much logic the toronto approach to the matter is all wrong the tor onto board of education at present has two communist members the place to start screening activities should be on the board itself toronto voters did a very good job of housecleaning when they smacked every communist on city council but one known red was still allowed to slip on to a school board position should we build seaway ourselves it is time that canadians took a new look at the st lawrence power and seaway development the seaway is no longer in the billion-dollar-white- elephant class it is daily becoming a project of highest priority to the industrial development of north america and especially of canada power iron ore and defence con siderations are all key factors in this urgency as reported by kenneth wilson the posts ottawa editor in the canadian view the need for strengthening north american defences sinnce jurie27 makes the seaway even more important and urgent if legal and political ob stacles could be removed the government would clear the way for construction and development as quickly as pos sible in the hope that it would be well under way in the event of a third world war if a third world war were to break out in the near future this resolve might have to be altered but the present idea at ottawa is to look at the st lawrence as something to be got ahead with as quickly as possible in the belief that come war or peace it is a project of the highest priority in the industrial development of the dominion so urgent does ottawa consider the seaway that plans are now actively under way to construct a purely canadian ship channel in the event that congress fails to approve a joint undertaking next year the allcanadian route is re garded as feasible ad economical it would give us control over the route permit us to charge our own tolls this allcanadian project would cost more than a joint development the entire cost of an allcanada 27ft ship hannel from prescott to montreal is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 200 millions this of course does not include the cost of power development works which it is proposed would be charged directly to the users of that power but this is held by- many at ottawa to be a figure well within our means measured against the benefits they say it would bring to all canadians it seems modest in relation to the 130 millions we spent 25 years ago to build the wel- land ship canal which is an integral part of any seaway project and was constructed with a view of the overall seaway in mind a seaway development would provide ontario new york and quebec with close to 35 billion horsepower of the cheapest and most accessible electric energy in the world the cost to each of these great industrial areas would be of some 200 millions each this would be one half to one third of what they would pay for steam power only quebec has other hydroelectric sources which it can tap for immediate future development new york and ontario are both in urgent need of new sources of electric power and may be gravely short by the time the first from the new st law rence project could be made available certain american interests have been able to delay this project repeatedly in the past war dangers give the seaway particular importance so does the immense lift it would give to the development of our natural resources fu any event it appears to be something that wont be de layed very much longer for parents only by nancy cieaver crippled with fear mummy leave the light on in the hall i dont like the dark dont let the big dog bite me daddy do you think a big storm is coining will you stay beside me if it thunders and lightnings i dont want to walk along that ledge get dizzy and im afraid of falling it is natural for children to ex press their fears and look to their parents for reassurance and safety many children display fears of various things the dark ani mals loud noises such as thunder falling from high places and of strangers how can parents best help their children who are fearful in file first place some fear is necessary in the kind of world in which we live the child who has no fear of being hit by a car or a truck is apt to run out on the road after a ball or hurry across to see a chum on the other side of the street without first looking to left and to right to see if a car is coming the little girl who is not afraid of being burned by her mothers iron may try to use it herself and receive a nasty burn the small boy who lias no fear of the neigh bors cat may tease the pussy once too often and come crying to his mother with bleeding scratch on his hand for many years fear has been useful in preventing people from getting themselves into dan ger situations but many doctors and mental health experts are agreed that there is a great deal too much fear in the minds and hearts of count less grownups this unnecessary fear lessens happiness and effec tiveness in work if a person be comes increasingly anxious and frightened physical and mental well being may be in jeopardy parents are warned to use fear of punishment very sparingly in disciplining their children never resort to threats about the big policeman or the boogey man or any other fictitious person who will deal out painful vengeance for misdeeds continually frighten ing a little child into good behav iour may seem to work in the pres ent but an adult who has little or no initiative because he fears failure or disapproval or one who is in a perpetual state of vague nervous apprehension of some cal- amity befalling him is distinctly handicapped fears are very contagious and sometimes it is not fear of punish- 1 nient but a parents own fear of lightning or something else which a child catches mothers and i fathers should he careful not to pass on to their children their own crippling fears j mothers and fathers often differ sharply in their ideas about the best way to deal with their childs fears junior is a timid little chap and he is afraid to fight the two 1 husky fellows who tease him on i his way to school mother tries to think of ways to protect her son i from possible injury from a phys ical encounter father believes in l the treatemrough plan and tells his son to stand on his own feet and fight his tormentors 1 helen is afraid of the water and mother remembering various drowning accidents is in no hurry for tier to learn to swim father sees many children helens age swimming with ease and delight and he is tempted to either shame her into working hard at her strokes or to take her out in a boat and see how she gets along when she lias to swim in the deep water neither the too protective moth ers attitude nor the too impatient fathers technique help a child face the problem of getting along with others or being at home in the water parents need to help their children grow in selfconfi dence every child is different and must be treated as an individual but without a doubt children are harmed if because of their fears they are called a sissy or a fraidy cat children should be allowed to speak of their fears their parents should tell them that they know that many little children are afraid at times but as they grow older they will grow braver and even laugh at the things which scared them being able to claim the red badge of courage is desired by every boy and girl as the days pass a child feels his parents moral support and patient understanding and he is strength ened to face his own particular giants and conquer his fears the constant fearful child is a crippled child and no parent wants his boy or girl to have an unnecessary handicap like this throughout his life harvey triplets thriving on their first birthday 5 i 4 r s magic spell of christmas by lewis milligan like all children of an older growth who were very properly educated in the classics of- the nursery and initiated into the mystic cult of santa claus i am irrestibly attracted by the christ mas displays in the big store windows 1 was gazing enrapt at one of these sidewalk shows to day when it suddenly occurred to me that all this fanciful display throughout the country must cost this festive season provides a happy break from the yearround adult realities of life it is essent ially the childrens season for in it we celebrate the childhood of him who came down from heaven with trailing clouds of glory heralded by the angelic host above the hills of palestine over two thousand years ago as children we were thrilled with a vision of those angels descending in a shaft of heavenly light and we listened millions of dollars every year andj in awe and wonder to their son wondered what old scrooge be- of peace and good will fore his conversion would have said about such waste of good money the cold calculating economic planner would tell you that it is a sordid device of the capitalists to pick the pockets of the workers for profits but as i looked at those working models of fairyland people and christmas fantasia i realized that the making of them must represent a variety of indus tries which provide work and wages for thousands of people throughout the year and this not to mention the designing and mak ing of toys and numberless gifts that are of no practical use to those who receive them so i came to the conclusion that santa claus was a good economic and indus trial planner but the cultural value of christ mas cannot be reckoned or assess ed in the terms of the economist to remind us toward men heaven lies about us in our infancy and if we would reenter the kingdom of christmas we must become as a little child the children know nothing of our politics and economics or the international wranglings at lake success they live in the realm of the spirit that is why they believe in santa claus and his fairies and we can enter that realm if we stoop to the least of these the spell of christmas trans forms the hard realities of this world into a fairy story it turns our guns tanks airplanes motor cars trains and gigantic machin ery into little toys and our world into a lilliput we see ourselves as the fairies see us and with them we can laugn or at least smile awhile at the cares and follies of this little interlude in the life everlasting of which christ came bonnie my birthday eh the harvey triplets celebrated their first birthday on wednesday bonnie brenda and barbara har vey daughters of mr and mrs lloyd harvey gormley have thrived as well as any children they have done very well said their father we dont know what it is to be up at night with any one of them at birth bonnie weighed 4 lb 13 ounces brenda 1 lb 14 ounces and barbara 5 lbs 4 ounces now they weigh 19 lbs 19 lbs and 21 lbs respectively two have blue eyes and one has brown eyes the birthday party was a family affair and there were no prouder people there than the grand parents mr and mrs frank har vey and mr and mrs harry smith all of gormley they were only a week old when we brought them home from the hospital in newmarket said mrs harvey now the triplets can stand up and are making their first attempts at walking everyone has been good to them said mrs harvey womens institutes in the district have pre sented the babies with several gifts including three junior beds and three silver cups the triplets have one brother dean four brenda and mine kv barbara lets celebrate days of yore united church missionary escapes korea beulah v bourns united church missionary in the far east has been evacuated from korea to japan church officials announce they reported receiveing a cable from the 15yearold native of somerset man saying she arrived in japan miss bourns has worked in korea since 1932 she was evacu ated from south korea with other canadian missionaries when the north koreans struck last june she later returned and on dec 8 was reported in seoul looking after war orphans at that time she was the only canadian mission ary in korea the center of a standard base ball is a piece of cork the size of a marble which has been aged for 15 years a man whose normal weight is 150 pounds would weigh about 50 pounds if all the water in his system were dried up mahogany trees are cut by the light of the moon because thev are then freest of sap and of richer color skating on ife is possible be cause the weight of the body melts the ice and skater really is travell ing on a film of water whichlit to the bones freezes again as the weight is operation included making screws removed ivoni lie files of the stouffville tribune 4 years ago edwin and paul boadway s brownsberger and everton smith are home for christmas holidays after completing the fall term at the normal school toronto i miss maggie kellington has been visiting mr david and mr a w scotts j b wurts received today a cheque from the kotjm for fif teen hundred dollars which will go to ross e hare- o dean kester recently received a letter from harold zellers who says you will be surprised to hear that 1 am in france they call it sunny frances but believe me we are stuck here in a mud hole it is such changeable weather one day it is half decent the next it is rotten there are a few hundred german prisoners a short walk from our camp and some are very young looking boys when the british tommies pass through on the train they throw their bully beef and biscuits at them and they snatch it up like mad dogs all the rest of the boys are ok as far as i know 15 years ago myron anderson who under went an operation while in the toronto general hospital is expected home shortly as he is reported to be making satisfactory recovery this most recent oper ation in an effort to bring strength into his wounded arm over which the most skilled physicians have been interested for years necessi tated taking a part of the bone from one of his legs and grafting of the arm the which to fasten a portion onto the bones of the upper part of the arm if the operation proves successful and growth and activ ity is stimulated in the maimed arm it will go down as a great triumph for surgery myron anderson who under went a serious operation last week was suddenly attacked with appen dicitis on tuesday and was immed iately operated on councillor arthur e weldon announced that he is definitely not a candidate for municipal office for 1936 mr weldon stresses the pressure of business as his reason for retiring 5 years ago sgt allen mcconnochie cpc has received his discharge from the army and returned to his former position on the local post office staff this week who was the woman that sent in a telephone message saying that her phone had gone dead the operator said if your phone is dead how is it you are able to con verse with me she hung up rev harry worjing who served in india with the forces there was in town on monday morning and said it was his first glimpse of stouffville in ten years mr and mrs worling with their little daughter are living in a cottage in whitchurch for a short time dur ing which period this former christian church pastor is getting much needed quiet and rest- mr and mrs don chad wick and mr and mrs jack smits were on a motor trip last week which took them to akron and cleveland ohio dr john button son of mr and mrs e a button of this town has been granted his discharge from the rcaf and expects in a short time to establish himself in stouftviiie where he will from the bone of the leg with develop a medical practice