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the tribune stouitvihe ont thursday february 26 1s53 the stouffville tribune established 18ss 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 everv thursday at stouf fville ontario in canada s250 in the usa 300 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments hed cross campaign opens next week most people like to help others in time of trouble but outside of ones own neighborhood or circle of friends theres no way of knowing when help is needed or indeed just what to do the red cross means organized help ready to swing into action instantly in time of trouble the best possible way to help others is to do it through the ked cross ninetyseven per cent of red cross workers give their time and energy voluntarily much of the material used in the humanitarian service is donated too but money is needed to provide equipment and to see that the right amount of the right things goes to the right place at the right time to carry on its great services in 1955 the canadian red cross needs help s5300600 to be exact is the national objective 2 100300 in ontario alone contribute gener ously when the canvasser calls if there is no canvasser send a cheque to the nearest branch of red cross or leave your contribution at the canadian bank of commerce stotiltville local response to the recently sponsored injured players fund for local senior hockey players has been most gratifying to the sports executives it i hoped that the local response to the great flood victims fund now- being gathered in stouffville will be equally as good catastrophe of some description could happen here let us not forget that fact and let us not forget our brothers and sisters across the seas in their time of trouble and hardship make your contribution today if you have not already done so the old home town winter pause although there may be sme grumbling from those aweary february is the greatest month of its kind its kind is winter winter pauses now without so many of the thaws of january or the blizzards of march you were too busy to notice late december the pause in february is like the pause of high summer in midjuly and also different one of the line things about february is that it is the closest winter month to spring unless you are going to bring up those march blizzards again by stanley i- rcarasthis typographical errors not funny all newspapers are plagued by typographical errors there are no exceptions it is unlikely that an issue of any paper was ever put on the street without at least one of these slips the whole matter is far from a joke among the people connected with the publishing business the owen sound suntimes quotes a list of the most common embarrassing errors seen in papers as compiled by editor and publisher out of hundreds submitted there are fourteen which are thorns in the flesh of all editors they recur in wanton pattern throughout the columns of newspapers from coast to coast and always will so long as papers are written edited and printed by human beings sin for son cuties for duties bride for bridge bridge for bride fiend for friend plague for plaque wench for winch winch for wench metal for medal bother for brother loving for living desire for reside moneymoon for honeymoon uninformed for uniformed that is a sorrowful list we ought to make some clever wisecrack over it but we cant we havent the heart others can laugh at a newspapers mistakes if they do not happen to be irritated but the editor doesnt quite see the fun in them duties to be made more clear to town electrician stouffvilles newlyelected public utilities commission has decided that the town electricians duties should be made more clear and are preparing a contract which will shortly be presented to the encumbent of this position such a move has been discussed by previous councils on a number of occasions but they had never got down to brass tacks on the matter there have been numerous complaints concerning de lays over new home installations tree trimming and the fact that so many street lights are allowed to remain out for weeks on end the commission and previous councils are aware of these complaints but there has been some doubt as to just what the fulltime duties of the local elec trician really were the new contract makes this all quite clear and is a step in the right direction towards a more businesslike and efficient hydro system in order that there be no misunderstandings at any future date the specific duties are set out in the contract for parents only by nancy cleaver what vallk ok is i5kckss v ok an jktkssv til ksskxtiai whittling is restful whether it be an art or a habit whittling one of the great relaxations of a half century ago seems with an ex ception here and there to have gone by the board it was a gentle habit enjoyed alike by child and adult in the male section of humanity it might seem a bit queer and perhaps humorous to see an executive in these days of business efficiency take a bit of white pine and a sharp jacknife from his office desk and start whittling for a brief but restful period the relaxation would doubtless do him good but how much good it would do the business is difficult to estimate it is recalled the galley slave chained to his oar was al lowed no such freedom business men today would justly resent being com pared to the galley slave there is a suggestion that world diplomats who sit around the council tables of the un would come to much easier and sounder conclusions if they whittled while they discussed the problems that keep the world on the brink of disaster whittling is a human trait and were the human trait in its best sense given genuine play in mans approach to his international and ideological differences the brink could be avoided budget in brief personal income tax cut by 11 per cent starting july 1 reduction averaging 5vj for all 1953 cigaret tax reduced by four cents per pack of 20 effective immediately new prices 35 cents for package of 20 43 cents for pack of 25 imported cigarets cut four cents corporation taxes reduced by estimated 120000000 a year effective on 1953 earnings annual 250 license fee on radio sets repealed march 31 no license fee planned for television sets publiclyowned cbc to be given in place of license fees revenue collected from existing 15 tax on radios television sets and tubes dutyfree entry to canada pf tv sets bought by visitors to the united states to be stopped immediately stamp tax on cheques and similar documents repealed immediately sales tax of 10 per cent repealed on books and mater ials going into books effective immediately sales tax repealed on all materials including news print used exclusively in newspaper and magazine pro duction effective immediately ai floor on taxdeductible medical expenses lowered to three per cent effective on 1953 tax taxpayers exemptions widened for dependents earn ings and children attending university effective on 1953 tax deduction from taxable income of 10 of canadian company dividends increased to 20 per cent effective on 1953 tax sales tax removed from materials used in producing taxexempt food products effective immediately tax concessions extended for petroleum natural gas and mining companies no change in 2 old age security tax no change in special luxury tax of 15 do you remember recess when you were a youngster was it not one of the really bright spots in the school day did you not set to know other children with a i special kind of insight into what j they wore really like when you 1 played at recess or talked or even quarrelled with them education is not just book learning one of the most important parts of education is social learning a child must have some standard by which to size up the character of other people is bill a decent guy a chicken or a bully during re cess lie has the chance to make this kind of appraisal of person ality weather conditions do affect the feasibility of recess cold and rainy sleeting weather require warm apparel raincoats rubbers etc children are apt to catch cold sitting in wet clothes but they should be sent to school adequate ly protected against unseasonable weather getting in and out of snow suits is quite a task for little folk but skilfulness in cloth ing ones self is one of the ways of developing independence for boys particularly undoubt edly there are hazards during a recess period scraps occur and children get banged up occasion ally a fairly serious accident occurs before the days of more durable eye glasses often these were broken supervision by the teaching stall to prevent harm to limbs or property is essential it is not an easy job to give enough and not too much direction to recess if your childs teacher does this why not express appreciation for this task well done during recess a scholar has the chance to make progress in his attitude to rules if he will not conform to the necesssary safety regulations he must stiller the con sequence of losing the privilege of recess if his class also suffers they are likely to do some discip lining of the nonconformist an opportunity is provided by recess for older boys and girls to look with the teacher at rules and sug gest changes and additions co operation of a really useful kind is likely to appear when young- sters feel they have some part in governing their play time 1 you know whether your child in public school at recess lives under a dictatorship or a democratic regime the altitude of the teaching stall to rules at recess is one possible yardstick for the climate of the school we are not communists and we realize that one of the ways in which democracies claim their way of life is superior to a fascist regime is in greater freedom for the individual with crowded classrooms and the shortage of teachers a great deal of regimen tation in an ordinary public school is almost a necessity but recess has special worth when it is not regimented exercises in the classroom from this standpoint are no substitute neither do they fill young lungs with fresh air or let active young bodies let off steam in a spontaneous joyous fashion tests have proved that only inoflieency results from too long a span of time of concentration on any one subject this is true of both children and adults most youngsters appear to be able to concentrate more easily on their studies for the last periods of the school halfday if recess has given them a real change from class room routine modern specialists in education point to many improved methods such as radio and visual aids which children enjoy today but an enquiry into the value of recess for childrens physical and mental health and social develop ment might well be made by edu cational authorities in our differ ent provinces the difficulties of recess in a crowded schoolyard or in bad weather are apparent the burden of supervision of recess is a very real one but if recess is a good idea for children then progress should be made to meet the diffi culties and solve the problems recess may be oldfashioned but is it a frill oi- a valuable part of the school day its merits seem to far outweigh its disadvantages if- it is to be judged by what is best for the school children there are an awful lot of busi ness women if you include those who are interested in everybodys big noise in 1950 canada imported 32s151 worth of brass band instruments thawing out the pump on a belowzero morning when a knifeedged wind is blowing hard from the north and swirls of dry snow are skittering across fields and piling against fences it is no pleasure for a 1 1yearolder to thaw out the pump in the barn- yard or the house pump behind the woodshed a fellow would agree on general principles that a pump is better than well rope and bucket but sometimes he fell grandfather was right in his high opinion of wooden pumps instead of metal ones a farm boy learned his tech- pique by bitter experience before going out to help with the milking he set two tea- kettles full of water over the front covers of the kitchen range if the pump were only caught one kettleful would usually do the trick but if the thermometer was down around 10 or 20 below it usually required two kettles to insure success as one began pouring the water slowing and working the handle up and down the cold metal made dry hacking coughlike sounds a lad- breath was a shaft of gray vapor that matched the color of the team from the boiling water l and down up and down went the handle in went the hot water slowly steadily a young young man hoped des perately that two kettles would do enough then just when hope -i- dying the noise changed instead of the metallic squeaking there came a deeper fuller note and the increasing pressure assured success out gushed the cold cackling water and a fellow could settle down to the job of pumping the trough 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