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the stouffville tribune established 1888 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 s250 in the usa s300 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments costly embassy canada this year will spend about 400000 on diploma tic representation behind the iron curtain of this amount there is 260762 provided for the embassy in moscow one of the things that makes the moscow embassy costly is the fact that no foreign government may own property there the result is that 30000 a year rent is paid for the embassy quarters press and information the canadian broadcasting corporation in the year ended march 31 1952 spent 321000 on what it calls press and information this presumably includes legiti mate preparation and dissemination of printed material but it also includes the propaganda department programming is in some respects propagation of ideas favorable to the cbc and its socialistic friends and culture so the actual whole cost could be in excess of even the astounding figure given new homes around stouffville reflecting changing trend few jxiople have failed to notice and comment on the attractiveness of a large percentage of the new homes which are so numerous in and around stouffville in most of them there is a definite evidence of a new trend in canadian preferences the new styling can be seen greatly in evidence when one compares the new places with the older established residences which are currently appearing in the tribune in the homes in stouffville series note of this change in canadian and american trends was taken by a montreal architect of 45 years experience harold lawson who the other day was honored by a merit medal for service to his profession once he noted tradition strongly influenced architec tural styles and all architects worked within the frame work of specific styles and periods but of late there has been a gradual change influenced largely by continental moves it is unlikely that canadians will ever return to the overcrowded buildings of the past the new trend in homes is toward simplicity with as many labor saving devices as couples can afford in general building trends canada is tied to the united states like those across the border canadian architects have stripped todays buildings of many meaningless ornaments which used to be tacked to buildings just be cause it was believed to be the thing to do and there is a decreasing preference for tall buildings because people want homes simple and convenient throughout the probability is moreover that only the start of the influence of new ideas on canadian architecture has been abolition of conditional grants important to stouffville the committee on provincialmunicipal relations has recommended to the provincial government that condition al grants be abolished the change if it becomes effective would be important to stouffville and muchso at the present time it has been pointed out time and again that while the provincial government makes what appear to be large handouts these grants are all conditional and in many cases a municipality in order to collect the grant must spend double the normal amount to be eligible an impor tant example of the working of this system is at hand in stouffville right now stouffville is anxious to collect the 25 grant for police purposes offered by the government and in order to do so they must either institute a pension plan for local constables a costly proposition or engage the provincial police who are under such a scheme but whose services are more costly likewise in the field of recreation the municipality must spend a considerable sum before the government will toss in any aid in the field of education again the dept of education puts stringent requirements on the types of buildings the inclusion of restaurants and other unnecess ary frills this runs the cost of new schools sky high but unless the regulations are met the government pays no grant it has always been our own contention that municipal ities would favor being given new means of taxation or a share in tax collections other than real estate to cover their higher costs and not lean on the provincial govern ment who offer subsidies in one hand and insist on expensive regulations with the other the association of ontario mayors and reeves in its briefs to the government has looked with disfavor on grants to which conditions are imposed such as grants for the police and fire departments it has also criticized the system because it requires a municipality to spend money in order to obtain government funds the committee appears to agree with this point of view when it declares that a system of conditional grants is one of the causes of the rapidly increasing governmental expenditures at all levels its statement that it believes in the principle that citizens of a community should have the widest feasible control over matters primarily of local concern expresses exacty the position taken by the municipalities they have contended that democratic government is best maintained by leaving responsibility of service with the level of gov ernment administering and financing the service in its proper sphere in the place of conditional grants the committee recommends that there be paid to municipalities an un conditional per capita grant graded upwards according to population the value of grants paid on this basis will depend of course upon the rate and the formula but the principle appears to be in the direction which the muni cipalities wish the government to follow the recommendation calling for the abolition of com pulsory arbitration for the personnel of police and fire departments is made on the grounds that there is no ap parent justification for continuing a plan which gives preferential treatment under provincial legislation to policemen and firemen as compared with other equally essential public employees the committee also states that it would place the municipalities in a difficult situation to discontinue conditional grants to police and fire depart ments without removing the hazards of thirdparty deter mination of the rates of pay and working conditions bygone days from the file of the tribune 107 year- ago something of a clue to the ques tion how old is stouffville may be gathered from smiths canadian gazetteer published in the year is 50 the information in this book is based on facts gath- ered in 1ss4 just 109 years ago and this is what it savs about our present flourishing village stouffville or stourferviile s a ma village in the township of markhmn on the tovvnline be tween marknam and whitchurch eleven miles from yonge street it contains about 70 inhabitants one physician and oik smueon two stores two tavern- one black smith one wagon maker one oat meal mill one tailor one shoe maker post oiliee with mail three times a week respecting other municipalities in the locality interesting infor mation is given newmarket had a population of 000 and was at that time some thirty years old in i 1 2 larkham township had a population of 5cus people and was in point of cultivation second to largest in the province there were eleven grist mills and twentyfour saw mills the rate able property was about soduooi in uxbridge township 14000 acres were taken up i537 of which were under cultivation the popu lation stood at is 12 and this includ ed the township of scott witii a population of sit 210 acres of crown land were still open for sale whitchurch township was more settled than uxbridge as 13lo2 were taken up with 15000 under cultivation the gazetteer further states that this is an old settled township containing many fine farms with excellent orchards on them u was mostly settled by pennsylvania quakers who sit uated in the northwest section the rateable property was slightlv over 30500 the population of markham village is given at 300 and was settled 25 years prior to the publi cation of this book pickering township had a population of 3752 all the places above men tioned were in what was known as the home district which embodied all the county of york and ontario and simcoe with a total population of 58853 the number of milch cows in the dis for parents only by nancy cleaver trict was 2 oxen over 0173 i35 and the number of four years old were 2 years ago h o klinck the new teacher employed by the school board commenced his duties on monday with five teachers in the public school the big knowledge works should roll along at much better speed for there is now one teacher j for each grade the eleven oclock morning train from port hope was six hours late on tuesday being stall ed at omemee where a freight train was stuck in a snow bank an auxiliary engine sent out got off the track causing additional delay evidently there is much more snow to the north of here a few miles the person that stole the blan ket from the horse last sunday night in the methodist shed was seen taking it off the animal and if not returned to the owner at an early date proceedings will be taken against them the school board discussed the cigarette question at their last meeting and the number of boys reported to be smokers of cigar ettes was alarming the trustees may approach the council with the view of putting a cigarette license on the local venders such as is in operation in most towns and vil lages this may they think cut down the number of vendors and make it easier for those interested to find out where minors are gett ing their supplies leadbetters butcher shop had a shipment of buffalo meat in this week from the government slaughter house which took place a few days ago these animals used for food are all young and well fed people in stouirville who used the meat this week pro nounce it of most beautiful flavor and tender delicacy v the worst wind and snow storm for several years set in on tues day of this week and continued until wednesday night all trains were cancelled and not even a snow plough got through three engines and a plow set out from lindsay and were stuck in a snow bank near cambrav all day wed nesday roads were blocked in nearly all directions and the attendance at school was less than 50 milk and mail routes were cancelled and business was gener ally tied up citizens who have hydrants i near their premises would be do ing a good act to shovel them out many hydrants are completelv covered and could not be readily got at in case of fire a horse race or circus will draw the masses we saw a bit of the former on main street the other day when geo watson and peter wideman staged a little get away much to the enjoyment and amuse ment of a goodly number of on- lookers widemans horse carried ol first honors at the toronto exhibition and he wasnt going to take second place from any dark horse on the road so the pair went through town like a real set of race horses watsons horse is said to be no stranger to the track and certainly she travels like one accustomed to the ways if these horses racers would announce their escapades slightlv in advance we can promise a big crowd of on- oker the amoeba ins a red tail i according to a science note the i amoeba must have been invented j by a russian loks yolk 11 111 aygkk yol on 4 axgky parents 1 ne visiting psychologist spoke on anger in children i do wish jhe had made some suggestions about anger in parents children arent the only people who get mad i at times my young daughter ann is so obstinate that i could almost explode are you amazed at this parents frank comment 1 maybe you have an equable temperament and yours is a serene household but if your reactions to your childs behaviour are occasionally violent you have lots of company when you find your own offspring annoying and even provoking at times you are not an unnatural parent you face a similar problem to that of count less other mothers and fathers in homes parents feel respons ible for directing their children in sensible behaviour children of all ages long to be independent and be their own busses this is espec ially true of adolescents who lack the experience of mature adults and at the same time want to be treated like grownups it is during this period of adoles cence that explosions of wrath on the part of both children and par ents are likely to increase parents have good grounds for feeling that there are some mistakes which are too tragic to risk j ust read a news paper report of a bad smashup of a car filled with teen users coming home from a party a boy wains to drive a car so that lie can impress his girl friend and be popular with his gang parents are often dubious about their sons driving skill in an emergency is it any wonder there are so many fixed battles over the use of the family car by adoles cents but anger can arise in a parent or a child of any e and it is often over a comparatively minor thing some parents and children at certain stages just seem to be allergic to each other differences in outlook or habits can be exceed ingly annoying mrs jones is a very good house keeper and her son tommy just naturally hangs his clothes on i the floor he scorns his mothers j fussy ways she wants to be proud of every corner of her home but tommy has no urge to keep his own room ship shape he is infuriated when she tries to straighten his hobby table she might damage his precious mode plane in the making the sight of this construction job with the i litter in the surrounding area makes her blood boil it does no harm for a parent to make it plain that there is a limit to his or her patience but a child can understand this by other ways than by shouted words and angry gestures frequent quarrels create a poor atmosphere for family living and learning in any perplexing situation such as disputes over the family car oi a childs persistent untidi ness a parent should ask how did this come about is there any way an angry conflict can be avoided v what constructive things can be done to alter this provok ing pattern of living there is no one magic formula for sidestepping all friction but part of the job of being a parent is to look at a problem objectively good mothers and fathers try to find a solution which is at least partly satisfying for both parties involved compromise is usually better than angry dictatorship the family council has been a real help in many homes in pre venting anger situations from aris ing or from becoming common occurrences in other homes time for talking things over at regular intervals between a parent and child has proven its worth before an adolescent boy has the use of the family car either in a family council or in a chat the son should agree to certain rides these are safeguards against accidents or too great a drain on the family budget these regulations the bov must observe or the use of the car is forfeited a childs training in tidiness must be started at an early age if mother has always picked up after her son she cannot suddenly ex pect him to hang up his own things he will see that there are advantages to not living in a com plete state of chaos if he cannot i invite a chum to play in his room unless he keeps it reasonably neat- sometimes parents realize that it is their own fatique or anxiety about quite another matter and not their childs perversity which precipitates an angry flareup it is not right to take out on a son or daughter ones own weariness or vexations over unsolved difficul ties no modern mother or father wants to play the role of angry parent it is an unpleasant part damaging to health to peace of mind and ruinous to family happi ness parents can often think ahead and prevent conditions arising from which a violent diff erence springs they can remove many causes of disputes through mutual understanding and co operation with their children they can seek for satisflying patterns of family living all hotheads are not redhatr ed and all redheads are not easily provoked nevertheless the strains of modern living often tend to make parents quick on the draw by temperament and train ing many adults find it extremely difficult to rule their own tempers but parents want their children to grow in selfdiscipline they know there is no more effective way to teach their child control of anger than by demonstrating in a trying situation that it can be done i copyright radiators and heater cores repaired cleaned fast service pickup deliver call mel venn stouffville 60713 the rcaf wbbb to become an offers you expert training as electrical radar communications aeroengine instrument armament xv c c h0 for complete information on pay trade training and other benefits see the career counsellor at the address in the coupon or mail the coupon today i rcaf recruiting unit ij07 bay st i tokonto ontario phone pr 6659 and 6650 i please mail to me without obligation 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