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the tribune siouffville ont thursday june 12 1952 the stouffville tribune established 1s2 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as secondclass mail postoffice dept ottawa printed and issued every thursday at stouffville ontario in canada 250 in the 6sa 300 a v nolan sort publishers notes and comments those rusty license plates a news story in the globe and mail calls attention to the fact which was mentioned in these columns some time ago that many of the 1951 license plates now in use on motor vehicles have become badly rusted and defaced it suggests that owners of vehicles on which the plates are hard to read because of rust and impairment of paint may save themselves a one dollar line by touching them up with paint the article suggests that owners of cars might with some degree of safety from the law undertake to touch up their license plates with white and black paint but the catch in that is that it is an offence under the highway traffic act to interfere in any way with license plates once they are issued and many people construe this as a pro hibition against the repainting process the closing sen tence of the article is this if you get tagged for painting over your old plate your lawyer should have an interesting ease to handle that is all very well but no one wants to take a chance on being brought before the magistrate just to give law yers interesting cases there is a very simple solution to this problem all that is necessary is for the department of highways to announce that motor vehicle owners may retouch the figures and background on their rusty plates and that there will be no prosecutions for doing so we venture to suggest that such an announcement would send thousands of motorists scurrying for paint pots and brushes council could take more positive action stouffville municipal council is fast approaching the time when it may be necessary to hold two council meet ings per month rather than one however this situation could be partially remedied if council would take more positive action in clearing up business as they go along members met for more than three hours on monday even ing and all the business accomplished could have easily been taken care of in less than two this years town budget has been holding fire for near ly four meetings while council awaits certain departments to see if they might wish to up their expenditures it was stated at the last meeting that no one could find out how large the park budget was to be it would seem that in a year such as this when the tax rate is due to soar at least ten or eleven mills council should be more positive about such departments as parks and state definitely what they are prepared to give the park board not wait for the board to establish a figure while this is no doubt putting the cart before the horse in budget planning taxpayers would benefit if council appeared a little more twofisted and set a definite figure which they are prepared to spend departments would then have to curb their spending accordingly tell the tourist the truth a report circulated monday and credited to the ontario department of highways declared that the roads in the province are all ready for the tourist rush the report went on the department says the early spring has allowed it to finish maintenance work one month earlier than usual resurfacing and patching of potholes has been carried out on a number of stretches that broke up during the winter to anyone travelling from stouffville to the haliburton holiday country it is apparent that the aforementioned report is largely fictional there are many roads which have had no attention whatsoever this year yet provincial highways too there is at least one main tourist highway under construction at the present moment highway no 7 west of oakwood and there are others which have not been patched following the spring breakup just why the dept of highways would authorize such a misleading statement concerning provincial roads to be circulated is difficult to understand if it is designed to encourage the tourist to visit the province at an early date then the department had better hustle up and finish its repair and replacement work otherwise the move will back fire as word gets around that many ontario highways are in bad condition no propaganda is more potent than that spread via the grapevine and for this reason official pronouncements to prospective tourists should be strictly factual not fictional failure to observe this principle could result in exceedingly harmful grapevine reports being circulated among the tourists government must realize trend is against it the progressive conservative victory in ontario riding in the recent byelection was not the only positive indication on that day that the trend of public opinion is against the government there were six byelections four of them were won by the progressive conservatives and two by the liberals three of the seats won by the pro gressive conservatives were formerly liberal as were the two retained by the government party the other seat was formerly progressiveconservative and was retained it was to a large extent a personal victory of oshawas popular and capable mayor michael starr over two com paratively little known candidates that same personal element however is not likely to have been the deciding factor in all of the government defeats the loss of three seats one in ontario one in new brunswick and one in quebec shows clearly that the support which gave the liberal party its overwhelming majority in 1919 is declin ing sharply even in the riding of north waterloo ontario which the liberals won the majority of over 10000 gained by louis breithaupt in 1919 was cut down to a mere 1500 by an aggressive woman progressive conservative candidate byelections serve a very useful purpose as straws to show which way the wind is blowing they can also be useful in indicating to the government whether its policies are being met with approval or otherwise these results should be a warning to the government that its record of the last three years has not been such as to maintain a high level of public support it has lost seats consistently in by- elections it looks as if there will have to be a reassessment of both policy and performance if the government wishes to retain the confidence of the people to a greater degree than was shown in the byelection of monday ouhawa timesgazette attractive westend home offered for sale the above modern new ranchtype home the property of mr and mrs achilles v turner located on orchard park blvd stotiliville is offered for sale it is an ideal west end location on a lot go feel by is feet in depth with landscaped front and- back lawns and a very attractive fertile vegetable garden the home itself of white stucco ha- weighted windows with a largo thermopane picture window the house is thoroughly insulated being roofed with dipped am treated best british columbia cedar shingles the layout is most pleasing with a living room measuring 13 feet 0 inches by 22 feet while the dining room kitchen and bedrooms with their s foot 0 inch ceilings make them large and roomy the hot water convector heat- ting system with oil makes the house most comfortable there are many specials that go with this property the floors of the main hall living room and dining room are covered with wall to wall broadloom while the remaining floors in the house are quartercut oak and modern tile the blinds all stationa fixtures and awrinc the property a il are caving stoult presents an exceptlo utility for prospectv pay the place a vis venetian y electric go with e owners ille this nal oppor- buyers to and size up the situation for appoint ment phone stouffville 133w no notations over the phone advertisement for parents only by nancy cleaver through vour childs kvks in one qf the most popular of new nonfiction books white man returns agnes xewton keith tells of going back to borneo with her husband and her seven year old son george in it she com ments rwhen george came back to borneo with us we reckoned it was not a matter of ourselves showing borneo to him but of borneo seen anew by us through george she mentioned special experiences such as the taste of tropical food the effect of a trop ical climate speaking other ian uages oriental pastimes and the companionship with asian child ren parents do not need to travel to a far- away corner to experience the thrill of catching a glimpse of the world through the eyes of their child this is one of the delights of parenthood which compensates for the many discip lines which life brings to a father or mother young children have a quick and natural response to the beauty of the world outofdoors arthur thompson the great british scientist said once that wonder was the true beginning of the search for knowledge the quest for origins the compilation of facts in scientific research the little people of the earth have not lost their capacity for wonder fathers and mothers are pre occupied with earning a living or looking after a home every clay is crowded with tasks they find it hard to take their eyes ofr the immediate job before them and look out on ttie world or up at the sky gregory clark in so what that delightful collection of fish ing yarns and adventure tales has a striking little piece night and the stars in it he relates his two year olds reactions in the autumn when daylight saving had ended one evening he went outside with his dad just before bedtime the child was amazed that the bright world which he had been accustomed to see had been swal lowed by the darkness then suddenly he saw the stars first one then another and then in all their countless millions his little face raised and still he turned slowly on his heel and gazed at this luminous inspiration of count less ages of human heart not in many words but never theless quite clearly all the same gregory clark implies that for a father to be with a little lad on a moment like this is indeed a high occasion gregory clark was sud denly seeing the dark curtain of the night pierced by the blazing stars through the eyes of his little son agnes newton keith and greg ory clark two very different par ents as well as two very different writers both experienced this sensation of glimpsing what their child saw how did they do this for one thing they both spent time witli their son they shared their precious leisure with the little chap who had come into their home how many parents especially fathers fail to do this they have other interests to occupy their spare moments clubs politics golf hunting adult pursuits all very importafit but activities in which there is no place for a youngster another thing they had in com mon was the ease with which they identified themselves with their child they recalled their own childhood they knew what it was like to be small and inexperi enced they were like thomas hood the early nineteenth cen tury poet who had a vivid mem ory of the zest with which a child greets the morning this is reflect ed in the lines beginning 1 remember i remember the house where 1 was born the little window where the sun came peeping in at morn he never came a wink too soon nor brought too long a day the years of childhood pass so swiftly when boys and girls reach adolescence they are busy at school at part time work and off with their own chums in their leisure hours this is pari of grow ing up of the natural urge to shake oft the direction of their parents but while they are still small a little childs fingers slip easily and trustingly into a parents large hand for such a short time mothers and fathers have the privilege of seeing the world through their childs eyes what a pity if they miss this opportun ity because there are few experi ences in life which match it copyright if a man has always believed the moon is made of green cheese and he is more than 40 years old it would be a complete waste of time to teach him astronomy the old home town mww v 1 rm mm by stanley days of yore kioiii tin- files of the tribune 21 years ago lacrosse enthusiasts are looking forward to the opening game in the stouffville league on saturday the arena is expected to be crowded for the occasion goodwood and altona will stage the opening con test while stouffville and clare- mont will battle it out in the clos ing game the village smithy william griffith and another of our citizens mr hid hoover are sharing ttie honor over the performance of a big rhode island red hen this motherly biddy has just hatched twenty live chicks from twenty eggs set a record in numbers hard to surpass mr griffith loaned the setting hen to mr hoover who judged her ability correctly when he entrusted twenty eggs with her the bank of nova scotia intends to move into their new premises this month one door east of but tons hardware in the absence of any pink tea to mark the event manager marshall might serve greenbacks to just as apprecia tive lot of guests a citizen stepped into the tri bune office the other morning with a small two pound cabbage under his arm he paid about 20c for the head or at the rate of 200 per ton now if our producers could get a quarter of this price for their cabbage what a happy lot they would be just what is so fascinating about uncle sams cab bages that people will pay such exhorbitant prices we cannot see crops are very late this spring locally this time last year spring grain was up five inches but this season it is just nicely covering the ground with it greenness wheat is selling locally at 55c per bushel buy a new guaranteed goodrich tire as low as 420 at j h silver- thorns central garage stouffville the prompt action of master alex logan son of our storekeeper at bethesda saved the life of little irene staley f a watery grave over at prestons lake vandorf on saturday afternoon the boy plunged into the water from where he was fishing off a log and brought the little girl to land the lad is only fourteen years of age the park commission observes with appreciation the splendid work done on the baseball diamond in memorial park by mr bruce lehman and the baseball boys the local bowling green is the centre of much entertainment fol lowing its official opening of the season on monday the pre-sched- uled tournament attracted over 30 players it is doubtful if there is a geran ium anywhere that could compare with the beautiful plant at the home of mrs ah lehman the giant geranium stands about eight feet in height and has displayed as many as fifty blooms voick ok irophkoy isii5lk qlkstioxs am axswkrs question how tan i be sure that a man is teaching bible truth when 1 hear him answer jlsaiah 820 to the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them q does psalm 11821 refer to the sabbath day a this scripture reads as follows this is the day which the lord hath made we will rejoice and be glad in it it is quite evident that the psalmist is not writing any definite day of the week but rattier about the day of salvation in the preceding verse david regarding this wonderful work that god had done to save men through christ said this is the lords doings it is marvellous in our eyes so he was really speaking about the same thing that the apostle mentions in 2 corinthians 02 for he saith i have heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of salvation have i succoured thee behold now is the accepted time behold now is the day of salvation this is also what christ spoke of in john 8 56 your father abraham rejoiced to see my day and he saw it and was glad well how did abraham learn of christs day read gala- tians 3 8 and the scripture fore seeing that god would justify the heathen through faith preached before the gospel unto abraham saying in thee shall all nations be blessed and so it was the glor ious day in which men could be saved through faith in christ that was foreseen by these men of god sure money talks the dollar is again saying i want to be a loan vrvi ggaaaccc joy beauty salon near cnr permanent waving individual styling razor shaping phone stouffville 8w2 smooth riding husky tires that are famous for saffty performance and 10ng mueage we have tires to fit your car r h murphy ltd ford monarch hlf a bcrvice 8toflvilic ontario