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the stouffville tribune established 1bz3 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 stouffville ontario in canada 250 in the usa 300 a v nolan son publishers i notes and comments hey dad will you help me v when a man gets home from work or business and settles down for the evening in his soft shoes to lounge to meditate to watch tv to read or listen to the radio it is not difficult to stir resentment in him by slight annoy ance serenity at the end of the day is so desirable it is small wonder that interference with it should cause loss of patience children so much loved and cherished by dad are often the cause of a ruffled temper when they break in on fathers hour of serenity particularly when they register a legitimate call for help with their homework patience and tolerance are not easy virtues in young parents too often love of the children is not deep enough to enjov the demands of the little ones in later years when the fledglings are gone from the nest and their voices no longer break in on the quiet and serenitv that ends the day there is regret that more joy was not taken in the years gone from the hey dad will you help me money cannot buy value during the year 1951 farmers comprised 202 per cent of the canadian population and received 124 per cent of the net national income this is equivalent to 180 for the average city dweller for everv dollar the average farmer received here is evidence that the city dweller has found ways of getting for himself an undue share of the wealth pro duced by us ail it doesnt necessarily follow that he is getting any greater satisfaction out of life than the farmer easy money is no inducement to judicious spending it is more likely to have the opposite effect it is a fact that city dwellers spend money on things that yield neither value nor lasting pleasure a county sherriff states that the documents registered in his oilice are ample evidence that the big wages people are receiving today are enticing them into debt that they will never be able to pay when this boom is over when asked if this applied to the farmers he said it did not for the farmers were cleaning up their mortgages and improving their properties but there is also the value the worker derives from the activity and the discipline of the work itself this value cant be expressed in dollars and cents but in the physical mental and moral development that good work always confers on those who do it this value is not transferable it goes only to him who creates it and no one can take it from him we offer this as a consoling thought to those farmers who chafe under the system that pays its best rewards to those who are able to extract them our schools if secondary school enrolment is to double in the twelve years following 1952 as the canadian education week folder says it will on no less of an authority than the dominion bureau of statistics then we had better take a good look at the situation in stouffville this is a revelation indeed we have already heard the prelude to this announcement and many canadian municipalities have been forced to expand their public school facilities new buildings have been constructed at tremendous cost but we dont propose to go into that one now in saluting education week we think we can make our best contribution by asking a few questions that we think pertinent to this whole problem of public education how sound have we been in our recent trends toward modern school buildings what exierl advice have school authorities when they are faced with the necessity of building new schools can we afford some of the extracurricular facilities swimming pools auditoriums etc that are being built into many of our modern school buildings how are we going to meet the teacher shortage that already exists and catch up with the added demands of doubling our high school population do taxpayers and parents give their best attention and support to the publicspirited men and women who get themselves elected to our boards of education school boards etc before we jump to conclusions and start yelling about high taxes we might just remember that we canadians in total spend approximately four times as much money on alcoholic beverages and tobacco as we do on our educational systems we suggest that ratepayers associations boards of trade and chambers of commerce parentteacher asso ciations and other democratic organizations have a big job of work in studying the problems of public education in canada and coming up with some guidance and assistance for the 718s9 school trustees who are struggling with this problem themselves in canadas ten provinces the old home town by stanley mawle vdc the school band trivee aj1gmts a vit practice hovs woi5k 0vv well always wanted them to jcm something kow well eveaj kmowj where they are every minute of j the time dafa4 it cso bygone days from tin- kile of the tribune til viir as on thursday of last meek blake the sixyear old son of mr joba sander- fell from a horse chestnut tree into which he bad clitubed and broke hu collarbone and received other injuries to his shoulder geo mikuea the teayear old son mr john mekucu of the mh con- cesion of whiuhiirch broke his les at the islooutinon school ou thurs day away back in the dim aer of the past there wa- a petition circulated and sisned by everyone to whom it was presented asking for lamps a- long the main street a committee was appointed to examine iulo the ost and the lamps have not come yet oiitf wanderers who happen lo lie out after pm may wander off into the country and not know the difference attention was called last week to the great need there is for a side walk union between daleys hall and mr flints the reason urged was a siioiik one namly the iinsightliness of the street a good many of out neighbours to say nothing of residents are per haps unaware of the large number of new residences that have been built during the present year some of them are exceptionally fine and will rank among the best in town notably those of messrs john baker and sm wnrriuer the former at the corner of main and albert streets and the latter on church st on monday morning as mr l hoover of the 10th concession of markham was returning from stonlt- villo driving a fine chestnut mare the animal ran away and kicked her self clear of the sulky and darted up the bill she was stopped in front of rev j willoughbys uninjured save for a few scratches mr hoover too escaped without damage although the rig was completely wrecked the parties who took the ham from the premises of mr h wood- burn ringwood will be kind enough to kill a pig and send back as much as they can spare it is well known who stole this section of the slaugh tered swine and unless some rest itution is made the guilty ones may he prosecuted for some time the flouring mills at the west end have been shut down and the workmen have been busy putting in the machinery to trans form the oldfashioned mill into a fullfledged roller mill their work was completed recently and the mill under the new system is in full swing night and day mr tj dougall has a supply of soft coal which owners of engines will find profitable to use for their engines threshers and others having portable engines prefer coal to wood on sunday night a little boy son of mr ii forsyth of the second con cession of oxbridge was trampled on by a horse the boy was picking up a bridle which lay in front of the horse when the horse stepped on him inflicting a severe gash on the head 27 years ago as spring draws near prospects for more building in stouffville are increasing air abram vake has pur chased mr kdw pennocks frame house near the livery barns and will move it to the vacant lot alongside his dwelling on main street mr alfred ftigh who has worked the vvilniol brown farm adjoining stouffville to the east is giving up farming and will move tnlo stouff ville his auction sale will be one of the largest of the season as mr 1ugli has a big herd of cows and many implements mr ira rusneii has tak en over mr pughs lease a supply of hard coal is expected to arrive in stouffville within a week or ten days and is likely to retail at around 15 per ion the little village of unionville proposes to erect a modern skating and curling rink on the ground ad joining their lawn howling green the estimated cost is 10000 and the money is to be raised by sub scription during the past few weeks the country roads out from stouffville have been the worst in years for snow drifts and for this reason the rural mail routes have suffered more interruptions than usual master johnny button held a skating parly last friday night for his young friends of the public school in the maple leaf rink the evening wound up with a wciner feed despile the drifted condition of the roads last thursday the stouffville market was fairly well attended and there was a great quantity of eggs brought in they sold for ii cents per dozen while butter sold from s to 40 cents a pound the schedule of games of the local curlers was completed on monday night with harry brilllngers rink eompoed of wm colewell kniest stouffer walter brillinger and ii i llrillinger skip tied for the final place with fi butions rink com- posed of marry klinck bert smith j blake sanders and fi button skip these two rinks played off the tie and the brillinger team won out by one phot after a close and excit ing game after the game fl but ton entertained both rinks at bis home to an oyster supper the new star six is now in the show rooms of baker bros at the standard oarage and anyone inter ested is invited to call and look over this elegant new model or belter mill have the firm take you for a ride in this car for parents only editors mail you and your church toronto ont feb 21st 1953 havent been to church since i was married and hardly any of in friends have although fos some reason ivc all end our child ren o sunday school on he churchs own admission we repre- em a fastgrowing class an outstanding canadian writer robert thomas alien recently made thi- comment what is your reaction u this at least it is honest but is this the best atmosphere in which to bring up children who does this father think he is fooling cer tainly not any bright youngster if by any chance you belong in this fastgrowing class of dis interested church folk what does your nonattendance say to your chilil does your example not shout to him much louder than any words religion is kid stuff and we have no time for it you run along to sunday school we know where you are safe and not into mischief or bothering us when all goes well many people seem to get along fairly happily and successful without the church but what happen- when trouble real sorrow strikes if the life of that son or daughter of yours was to be snuffed out today by some horrible accident or sudden illness to whom would you turn xo matter how casual you had been about your church would you not want a religious funeral service the churchs teaching about immortality about life after death might fall on ears deafened by grief but what parent would choose to have the little body buried with no prayer said over the grave is it hoi rather shabby to use the church in the hour of darkness but ignore it in the days of sunshine how much an adult misses who has not time for church realiza tion of the value of a church con nection to a home is not made by by nancy ileal cc gatheriug around as a family and ooking a the church from thei outside and criticizing its weak nesses with clever phrases and iftruths many a mother or dad who has drifted away from the church has started to attend church again regularly because a son or daugh ter wants to go to junior congre gation then almost to their sur prise mother and dad may dis- cover some way in which the church answers some special need of their own one parent who loves music finds peace and serenity in the hymns and a quiet worship serj vice a father in listening to the j sermon has his ideas for daily living reenforced a fearful mother has her weight of anxiety lifted during the prayer as com- munion with cod becomes more tea to her another parent who is lonely j seeks the warm companionship in a church group a mother in a i missionary society feels she is doing something constructive to further peace and the kingdom of cod on earth a man whose own boy i- entering adolescence finds a satisfaction in wholeheartedly backing the scoutmaster and in j becoming a sunday school teacher stil another thoughtful parent supports the christian church he- cause he sees in it the greatest force opposing the growth of com munism which threatens our democratic way of life today the founder of christianity as his custom was he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day jesus knew the uselessness of halfhearted allegiance he said bluntly lie who is not for me is against me fathers and mothers can you answer that challenge where do you stand as a parent for or against the church the body of christ on earth the future of your country of your children and the tribune stouffville ont dear sir your brief but graceful editorial farm people made friends for the tribune here on the pavements for it sparked a firstclass discussion in our rural- urban study club one very char acterful contribution was made from the farm side of the table and 1 thought the following quote might be considered apt and timely the timeless and char acterful words are from an address by tr theodore roosevelt almost a halfcentury ago 1905 and in this readers opinion are truer in 1933 titan when spoken 1 warn my countrymen that the great recent progress made in city life is not a full measure of our civilization for our civilization rests at bottom on the whoicsotne- ness the attractiveness and the completeness as well as the pros perity of life in the country the men and women on the farm stand for what is fundamentally best and most needed in our american life ipon the develop ment of country life rests ulti mately our ability by methods of fanning requiring the highest intelligence to continue to feed and clothe the hungry nations to supply the city with fresh blood clean bodies and clear brains that can endure the terrific strain of modern life we need the develop ment of men in the open country who will be in the future as in the past the stay and strength of the nation in time of war and its guid ing and controlling spirit in time of peace if there is one lesson taught by history it is that the permanent greatness of any state must ultimately depend more upon the character of its country population than upon anything else xo growth of cities no growth of wealth can make up for a loss in either the number or the character of the farming popula tion junior farmer your childrens children may well depend on your answer copyright uhut happening today there is one thing everyone everywhere has in common and that is the constant hunger for news it is a hunger which must be satisfied every day a hunger which is expressed in this one absorbing question whats happening today you must know what is happening in your own town or township you must know what is happening in municipal government sports and society canadas newspapers exist to meet this need of yours they and they only give you all the news with speed authority and in permanent visible form but you are busy you want more than news you expect interpretation and selection and in this news papers are supreme and unique no other medium can clarify sum up and interpret the news in a weekly record for yo to see and judge newspaper advertising is therefore something more than ordinary advertising it is part of the power generated by the news dynamo the power which enables you to know and therefore to decide and judge and 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