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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 19 u53 the stouffville tribune established 1sss member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspaper- association member of the audit bureau of circulations autsoriii secondclass mail posotsc dept ottawa printed and issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada s250 elsewhere 300 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments investigation could stop this racket so you want to put on a play well theres nothing wrong about that it provides a fine opportunity for wouldbe dramatists to do their stuff creates all kinds of amusement for both actors and spectators raises funds for a worthwhile project or organization but is that all there is to it possibly but not necessarily it involves a lot of hard work which as already pointed out might be fun in part it means a lot of ticketselling it means sometimes a fairly respect able gamble with a considerable loss factor to balance against a potential gain and it could involve a lot more once upon a time local shows staged by residents and supervised by such experts as maybelle marks and others of that family wellknown to many older residents provided worth while amusement during winter months which were not as jampacked as presentday ones with things to do in those days it wasnt as easy as it is now to travel to other points to indulge in some form of amusement there wasnt the same comietition from the movies with their constant change of presentations organized recreation hadnt reached the same peak as that of today the marks family or those of them who used to be mich familiar figures in earlier ontario days have passed to the great beyond they were moneymakers both for themselves and their stagestruck patrons in their heyday put one thing could be said about them they laid their proposition on the line worked hard endeavoured to give value for the money they liked their dollar but compared to those who are following along the same line of theatrical endeavour today they were rank amateurs the marks people used to be quite happy if plenty of tickets were sold and their project was a successful venture from that source of income the old home talent shows are not nearly as common as they used to be there are still some com mercial organizations however which make a specialty out of the same type of endeavour every now and again one of their representatives turns up seeks for an or ganization desirous of making a few dollars and is willing to sell its name and standing for the sake of something which will aid a worthwhile project in which it has an interest some of the commercial firms which undertake this type of work are distinctly worthwhile they have cleancut projects hard and fast contracts give good training and assistance and leave town with a clean reputation and with the organization with which they cooperated better off financially others are the reverse they are interested in just one thing just how much they can take out nine times out of ten having secured their sponsor they make a beeline for the local news paper oflice how much will a page cost us is in variably their first enquiry nine times out of ten again the newspaper man does not have to be told the rest of the story hes heard it many many times the only new angle will be the name of the organization he knows what is going to happen he knows that the next move will be for the representative handling the project to canvass the town impressing on the merchants that the paper and suchandsuch a lodge or what have you is 100 back of the deal and wants their cooperation that cooperation of course is to be ex pressed in terms of advertising on the page bought from the local newspaper at prices ranging from two to twenty thats right two to twenty times the papers standard advertising rate the local sponsoring organ ization gets a cut thereon the professional money- making racketeer takes the rest out of town leaving the local group and the local newspaper with the bad reaction which has been created the newspaper is on the spot if it refuses to sell its space then the local group is mad at it says that it is refusing to cooperate if it accepts then it knows that its good name is going to be used to put something over and that the space bought from it at standard rates is going to be foisted on local merchants and busi ness men often without one iota of value resulting many ontario weekly newspapers today have an inflexible rule thalthey will not touch such projects at all some day we hope to see some organization ap proached with such a scheme come to the paper first and say here what about this usually unfortunate ly they do it afterwards when an unbreakable contract has already been signed and all the local paper can do is to try and help them out of a hole as much as possible how easily such a situation could be avoided the solution is completely in line with the investigate then invest policy your bank manager your police department your newspaper your municipal oflice your chamber of commerce stand ready and willing to help with such investigations check first not afterwards aurora banner cbc should drop advertising cbcs total income from public sources is placed by the corporation in its annuatl report at 12091317 made up of 35841317 in license fees and 6250000 from a special annual grant authorized last year an operating surplus of 3691000 was listed the special grant was approved on the definite un derstanding that there would be a decrease in advertising over the national networks the annual report indicates that this condition has not been met since advertising revenue has remained virtually constant the surplus is the unexpended portion of the special grant the amount is more than a million dollars greater than the reported revenue from advertising this would indicate that advertising could not only be decreased but eliminated altogether events oe bygone days parents have kesponsibilities at richmond hill the other nijrht little joan cle ment five years old on february saw flames burst through the door of the room where she was silting she ran into the nearby bedroom caught up her tenmonthold sister and through choking smoke carried the baby to safety two young brothers escaped in safety from the burning home despite the loss of the home which kindly neigh bors and friendly folk from a greater distance are trying to make up the incident is a happy one in contrast with a heretofore unrelieved succession of home-and- family tragedies due to lire hardly a winter day passes that the newspapers do not chronicle cases of children burned to death in their homes usually in the absence of their parents the speed with which flames can sweep through a house is incredible the more so where tar paper shacks and similar flimsy improvised structures are concerned some of these disastrous and tragic fires could have been prevented by adequate precautions and many of the tragedies would not have occurred if the parents had lived up to their responsibilities to say that there should be a law is not the answer the answer is for parents to take their responsibilit ies seriously instead of taking chances with the lives of their children to be wise before the event instead of heartbroken afterwards under a dictatorship the personality of the leader is of such importance that for some time there has been specula tion is to consequences to russia and the world of sta lins passing this week at ot tawa the main topic of con versation has been the change of leadership in the soviet world there is a decided uneasi ness in international circles and the whole world situation is charged with possibilities which cause considerable con cern to those in high places the change may mean a break for those who have been work- in untiringly to preserve world peace or it may only mean that soviet power will be directed by even more rash and ruthless leaders the real course of events may not be known for some time how ever the ollicial attitude here is that no matter what changes take place in russian policy the only safe policy for can ada and the free world is to continue to strengthen our defensive forces and at the same time continue to develop the economically backward countries o snap election there continues to be talk of m early spring election in canada and stories have ap peared in the press sussestinr early may as a possible date in my opinion there is no likelihood at all of a spring election while there might be some political advantages in such a move the prime minis ter is possessed of a high sense of public duty and will not be influenced by political exped iency in choosing an election date the important business of parliament cannot he fin ished in time for a spring elec tion in the fust place and sec ondlv i know the prime min ister does not think the best interests of canada would be served by a political campaign here on the eve of such an im- gisy paris of amwiva you hove 4 full days in new orleans on this delightful i ldcy tour time to visit all the famous spots in one of americas most mysterious and fascinating cities pirates alley napoleon house the old slave market versailles oak and the quaint shops and resorts of the old french quarter ore just a few of the sights youve always wanted to see going there and back by bus adds further enjoyment to your trip aik yovr agent for more detailt ot thh and many other pleatvre planned vacation gray coach uns m 41 round trip fare from toronto subject to change includes hotel room for 9 nights 2 m a room w snowbalps barber shop phone 270j portant event as the corona tion the term of the present parliament does not expire until august 1951 so that an election will be held sometime before that date but it will have to be the development of a very important major issue to bring on an election before the coronation in korea the united nations action in korea is supported by troops from the following countries australia belgium canada colombia cuba ethi opia france greece luxem burg netherlands new zea land philippines thailand turkey united kingdom and united states of america holiday at home the federal government will conduct a campaign this year urging canadians to do their holiday travelling in canada our many beautiful national parks will be featured in an advertising campaign to en courage canadians planning a holiday to see canada first cka luncheon the executive of the cana dian weekly newspapers- as sociation oi canada met here in ottawa last week and 1 had the pleasure of sitting in on some of their sessions at one luncheon we were guests of the canadian federation of agriculture and along with other representative editors from all parts of canada we met in round table conference with mr hanani and other federation ieaderes in a discus sion of national farm prob lems the federation of agri culture is doing a good job here at ottawa and is well served by sincere and able ex ecutives trade witli japan early last month hon r h mayhey took up his duties as first canadian minister to postwar japan mr mayhew is a successful west coast bus iness man who served several terms as member here and as minister of fisheries for some time his appointment reflects the developing importance of canada as a pacific power and also emphasizes the increased importance which both count ries japan and canada attach to their relation- with each other canadian interests in japan are important and varied in trade for instance japan has again become one of our bei customers the question of our trading relations is im portant japan at the present lime is our fourth largest mar ket last year we sold japan s102 million worth of goods bout eight times as much a- we might from her world ssiiiii- since the end of world war ii there have been 231 stud ents trained in canada under arrangements made by the technical cooperation service of the department of trade and commerce under the col ombo plan and united nations program students came from more than forty two different countries these educational programs are designed to assist in the development of underdeveloped countries and is just one phase of the con- structlve program of world rehabilitation fimiii ih- iu- of tin- tribune so yvar- ak at t mealing i the sioucf- i o lioirj las week v a sthvtr tendered his resig- uattop the boards appointee to the stouffville puhlk- library hoard after rvias in that apacily for about fortylive yas mr silvester has btven loas and faithful service dating back o the time the library liosrtl was tirst organized his position wilt he taken by archie stoufter the rirst mild spell since christmas set in on sunday up to this lime ve have had almost continuous zero weather mr koti miller of stouffville ia been elected head of the canadian national inhibition away back in the early days mr miller proved his worth on the exhibition board and has been a very material help in building up the livestock end of the jhow wat hopkins nearly required he services of the tire brigade on sunday afteruoou when his kitchen pipes started to burn like a racing furnace at the lime there was a terrific wind ami had the lire ever got beyond the pipes there would have been one house less in town a num ber of neighbors were called in to safeguard the place when it was feared that the lire might net be controlled a runaway horse which miglu have caused serious damage made a break for liberty when clifford winn of the huh con cession whitchurch was com ing into town about t oclock on thursday night a small hoy ran to on to the cutler and startled the animal which ran down main street at a lively pace opposite walter dicksons place mr winn pulled the horse into the deep snow and got it slopped bul noi before the shafts were broken jacob w iteesor of agincourt has purchased the clossen farm on the 9th concession of whit church just north of stoultvillo for sit ooo the property con sists of fitly acres of land and buildings frank bakers auction sale on i lie farm east of stouffville srd line uxbridge realized splendid prices two mares brought 200 anil 210 while the gray team sold for ts7 to ira rusnell of stouffville the shetland pony went for 75 and the oows sold anywhere from sta to 110 the total sale amounted to s28o0 auctioneer silversides was on the block a good ileal of wood is com- injt into town these days and farmers are busy doing all their hauling while the sleighing is possible at a regular meeting of the whitchurch township council this week a fixed salary rate for statute labor was set at 2 per day twp workers- will also he paid at the rate of 25c per hour with team work amounting to 550 per day or ten hours mr w j davies was paid 0500 for his horse that was killed when it fell into a washout on the sideroad between lots 25 and 20 on the 0th concession the roads between stouffville and toronto are now getting quite passable and motor trucks are now resinning hauling be tween these points at twelve oclock tuesday night the lire brigade was called o jone- block just 4r of the mansion house the trouble vas in the furnace but did not prove serious mrs btckwetl night ojerator in the telephone rtice performed a good deed by turu- moning al the firemen usw were unable to hear the be ringing the stouffville willow works is engaged on an order for a supply of trong baskets ham pers and other receptacles made by the local firm mr cteo smith i he new proprietor is well satis- lied with business prospects and the own will hope to see his plant grow to greater import ance 6th line whitchurch svmoathv mrs hovvari others of the stove their loss o is extended to j katclitt and e stover family in if a loving father uica tos yn 1 ltiv iitg iiistei mr ambrose stover mr and mrs norman stock- ley norma and doris had din ner friday evening with mr and mrs herb hiev and girls of ringwood mr ken pilkev had supper at the sflron home last wed nesday risht me and mrs gorman dixon mr grant wells and miss marion atkinson were guests for tea saturday evening with mr and mrs bud kerr of agincourt mr and mrs kae holden and ross were dinner guests saturday evening with mrs wm bruce and genevieve mr and mrs ross harper and mr and mrs rae holden entertained their family to a turkey dinner on sunday those present were miss grace talbot of toronto mr and mrs don harper and family of agincourt mr and mrs mervin harper and fam ily mr and mrs arnold har per and son of stouttville mr and mrs ross winter- stein and miss norah mack- em attended the funeral on friday of mr f pickett of uxbridge mrs david clarke and girls of llumsviile have been visit ing in this district for the past week mr clarke joined her on monday miss barbara hisev and stewart wideman and glen shadkvk were guests for tea at the steckley home on sun day evening township of markham tenders for gravel sealed tenders marked as to contents will be re ceived by the undersigned until twelve oclock noon monday march 30 1953 to supply each of the following areas of the town ship of markham with approximately 6000 tons of crushed gravel containing at least 60 stone and screened through threequarter inch screen no 1 between the south boundary of lot 11 and the north boundary of the township in conces sion 1 and between the south boundary of lot 16 and the north boundary of the town ship in concessions 2 3 1 and 5 no 2 between the south boundary of the town ship and the south boundary of lot 11 in concession 1 and between the south boundary of the townshjp and the south boundary of lot 16 in concessions 2 3 4 and 5 to supply each of the following areas of the town ship of markham with approximately 1000 tons of crushed gravel as specified above no 3 between the south boundary of lot 16 and the north boundary of the township in con cessions 6 7 8 9 and 10 no 4 between the south boundary of the town ship and the south boundary of lot 16 in con cessions 6 7 8 9 10 and 11 prices to be submitted by the ton delivered and spread as required and also by the ton fob at the pit tenders to be accompanied by a marked cheque for 500 70 of the contract to be completed bv julv 31 1953 the lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted ross middleton chas hoover clerk road foreman unionville monster dance and draw for new pontiac car will be sponsored by the stouffville lions 4 lab in the legion hall stouffville friday march 20th dancing to the music of don gilkes orchestra featuring the voice of helen baines draw at 12 midnight tickets 1 per person