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the tribune stouffville oat thursday march 36 1953 the stouffville tribune established 1ss8 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member o the audit bureau of circulations auviatrd a- -oiul- atail posoffice tept ottawa printed and issued everv thursdav at stouffville ont in canada 250 elsewhere 530o a v nolan son publishers notes and comments theyll print your age few folk are satisfied with how old they are even between 13 and 24 the long long thoughts impair the delights of being 18 to 24 newswriters understanding this principle are using it to earry on a campaign to discourage people from having accidents they do this by printing the ages of the people who have them if helen clunk is run over she comes before the public and whats worse before those who know her as helen glunk 41 an accident is just about the only time her age will dog her like this she can get married or organize the floral society annual chicken pie social without her ages dogging her but having an accident isnt safe making shopping at home attractive every once in a while someone corner up with the suggestion that the people of stouffville should shop in their own home town and not travel to other centres to buy things they need the appeal is usually based on the theory that it is the patriotic duty of people who live in stouffville to make their purchases there this of course is not sufficient reason in itself to make anyone want to shop in their home town the greatest success in stimulating buyingathome will likely be met with when it is approached from the standpoint of making hometown buying attractive a great many of stouffvilles local merchants have been working towards this end during the last couple of years and particularly this spring lehmans shoe store oboyles meat market stouffers hardware curtis mens wear to mention only some of our local merchants who have made considerable improvement in their premises which all tend to improved business it is all a matter of desire the merchants desire that towns folk patronize them and so they must create a desire in the minds of townsfolk to do so there is no point in leminding people from time to time that it is their duty to buy at home customers must be wooetl in a practical way they must be shown why they should buy at home and if the merchants of stouffville wish to capture a greater share of potential home purchasing power they must continue to provide the reason and incentive many are doing just that new store fronts and modernized interiors are as big a businessgetter as can be found town planning is necessary stouffville chamber of commerce is taking a big step in the right direction by organizing an important planning and development meeting to be held here on april 9th town planning was little more than a pleasant theory comparatively few years ago now in most communities it is a reality indeed in the rapid indus trial and residential expansion of canada it is necessary some cities and towns have been alert to the need for regulated growth while others have allowed their ex pansion to proceed along haphazard lines the former are pleasant progressive communities the latter are full of headaches for themselves and everybody else every town regardless of its size has a pattern which is the result of the social economic and physical forces which first molded it and are acting upon it some of the forces are obvious and measurable others may still need study a town plan cannot change the natural forces but it can guide them control the rate of change and smooth out difficulties the character of a town is determined to a large extent by the principle resources which led to its devel opment a mining town is different from a market town a summer resort may spread along a shore line while a town whose industry is directly concerned with imports and exports clings to the harbor area which itself set the original pattern in settlement and industrial growth the pattern of a town is also a result of its site geological situation hills rivers coastlines govern its shape and the uses of its land resources land subject to flood or incapable of being well drained may be de veloped into park areas flat dry stretches invite indus try hillier land may become a fine residential area in this way a town is divided by geography into areas the manner in which the areas are developed should be the result of careful study and regulation if the town is to be something more than a haphazard badly organ ized collection of houses and factory buildings town planning therefore is simply a realistic attempt to study the growth of cities towns and villages and to prevent unhealthy and inefficient development its aim is to provide better living conditions within a community for parrm only easter vacation report from parliament on easter jet your clothes be new or ele be sure vou will it rue oli english rhyme wearing new clothes to church on easter sunday morning is a custom in many lands but what to do with the children during the holidays is just as much of a problem to busy mothers as trying to make the money stretch to cover the clothing needs of the familv here are a few sugges tions which can be used either at a childrens party or for the small fry when their chums come indoors to play on rainy ays in the vacation period the new easter hat is a real event in even a little wo mans life if your daughter belongs to a club perhaps she would like to have the mem bers in for an easter bonnet party if you car find a milliner who is willing to be a special guest and demonstrate some principles in choosing and trimming a hat this is sure to 1 e popular li this is not possible why not get several rolls of crepe paper in spring shades and have a competition for the prettiest crepe chapeau small gliis can make a charming lit tle hat using a large size paper pie plate as a brim with the crown cut to tit the head and crepe ties under the chin and crepe ribbon or flower trim mings a newspaper fashion show never fails to make a hit div ide the players into groups of three hand each group four or five newspapers and a pack age of ordinary pins give them ten minutes only in which each group will choose which one will be the model for a newspaper dress and hat and then have the other two players fashion the most orig inal newspaper outfit they can design warn the amateur dressmakers in their haste not to prick their model with a pin and not to copy any other groups pattern award copies by nancy cleaver 0 a weekend newspaper to the three members of the team who create the most effective outfit there are two easter hat circle games in the first two old hats are parsed around the circle to musx when the music stops the person hold ing a hat must drop out so the- object of the game is to uas the hat along to the play er on the left as quickly as possible in the other game the players stand in a circle holding each other s wrists and walk around an old felt hat each player attempts to pull the player or either side to- ivards the centre so that he mut step on the hat the play ers who touch it are eliminated until only one player is et as winner lanv old favourites in games can be changed slightly for easter fun instead of hide the thimble why not hide a tiny chocolate bunny wrapped in tinfoil a peanut hunt can be converted into a search for small colored candy easter eggs substitute put the ears en the rabbit for pin the tail on the donkey which is out lined on a big sheet of paper a ringtossing game with or dinary embroidery hoops or mason jar rings can be called bunny ring game each player tries his luck at ringing an upright cardboard bunnys tars mounted on plywood or tacked to a large carton in a home where mother is in the background willing to cooperate by helping to find the necessary equipment for handcraft and games the boys and girls usually become quite expert at making their own good times this is an impor tant part of training them to be independent happy adults who will know what to do with their leisure knowing this gives parents more pa tience during vacation days when in bums words the mirth and fun grows fast and furious copyright by michael starr ml mruiber for ontario biding coronation medallion- for sehool children i was very pleased indeed that after my speech on march 10th in which i urged the government consider issuing medallions to com memorate the coronation of cur queen to school children of canada the honorable mr abbott minister of finance arose in the houe of com mons tiie next day on wednes day march ii and announced that the government had decided to inaugurate the sug gestion that the medallion be truck and will be distributed to school children of canada through the provincial gov ernment and the local school boards this will no doubt relieve the many school boards who had been contem plating some suitable gift for the children and will save many dollars in expenditure in purchasing these mehieu- events of bygone days from the files of the tribune 21 vears ago when the municipal council of uxbridge township meets in their regular march assem bly a bylaw will be introduced to provide for the collection of a poll tax from the unmarried men of the municipality we understand that the council are unanimous in the matter so that the law is certain to be made operative at once jt is felt that many unmarried men over 21 years of age use roads a good deal for which they ought to pay a share and this will be made their opportun ity david m hoover has sold his 100 acres at lot 25 conces sion 7 markham to robt mead of the 5th concession for a reported price of 13000 the property has been in the hands of the hoover family for over three quarters of a century mr hoover was born there last week two stouffville rinks went over to richmond hill bonspeil the ice was very keen and the rink com posed of d holden m watts c armstrong and w r san ders skip won one game and lost two the other rink com posed of harry stouffer bert smith t birkett and d h rusnell skip won their three games dr norman dales has dis posed of his dental equipment ard practice at claremont which he established there in july of 1924 the business was sold to drs smith and smith of stouffville the transfer to take place this week dr neil smith will in future be at claremont two days each week stouffville horticultural soc iety aims to have a member ship of 300 this year the organization is a live one as indicated last thursday night when some 25 members at tended the regular meeting in new york metropolis hilt of america a city of absorbing interest new york offers to visitors of all inclinations a variety of activity and a host of including a visit to greenwich village and chinatown you havo your choice of several 51 35 vi iimiy ana a nosr 01 spspj your cnoxe or several sights fo see on this delight- p other features that will ful trip you have 3 full days ffjpil make yov rri both in- and 4 nights in new york foresting and enjoyable aik your agtnt for wort dtodt of i ha and many othmr piexsvr pianatd vacation round trip fare from toronto subff to cfcaooe includes hotel room for 4 nights 21m a room snowballs barber shop phone 270j the municipal hall the presi dent mr h o klinck and the secretary miss m mertens gave excellent reports of the annual meeting of the pro vincial organization held recently in toronto at the oritorieal contest put on by stouffville continuation school miss janet button won the first prize miss laura warder second and reginald button third in the elecution group the first prize was won bv miss mildred mackay second miss blanche topham and third miss ivy saunders the judges were mr robt miller mrs ball and dr neil smith at a meeting of the town fathers on friday night it was decided to get a price on the installation of a bell sys tem in the homes of the local firemen from the telephone company the bell in the fire mans homes could be rung from the telephone office where twentyfour hour service is maintained it was stated that the fire alarm system had not proved very successful in markham and aurora on monday morning mr barkis reesor east of town shot a large owl of the great horn variety which measured tip to tip of the wings 5s inches these birds are of a destructive nature especially this species while other varie ties are not potatoes continue to slump in price on the market they are currently selling for 150 one of martin hutchinsons black minorcas is the first to lay a big egg worthy of special mention the hen fruit weigh ed four ounces and measured su inches the long way around the carnival under the auspices of the horticultural society held in the arena on thursday night was largely attended the judges were mrs n forsythe mrs f w silvester and walter brillin- messrs geo watson and ira anderson shipped ten extra fine horses from stouff ville on monday to toronto to fill a private order the animals all ranged around 1600 pounds and a price around 200 a head was paid in some instances on tuesday of this week a chapter of the eastern star was instituted here in stouff ville to be known as jubilee chapter no 163 in the grand chapter of ontario chicken thieves are busy again in markham township last week the roostraiders visited the pens of messr harold harper and win bril- linger just north of unionvjiie on the sixth concession and carried away nearly all their fowl a number of farmers have been at work in their maple sugar bushes and have had very satisfactory runs david gray who has the john gray farm at ballantrae is one of the largest tappers having having some 350 trees runn ing leonard hoover of the sth concession of markham tapped about 150 trees making a supply of maple syruo and sugar for his own needs agriculture one of the most discussed subjects both in and out of parliament in ottawa is the serious economic plight of the canadian farmers there has not been much publicity about this and the people of canada generally are not aware that fanners are definitely getting the short end of the stick in the current boom the fact of the matter is that the cash income of farm ers is declining rapidly but because of the boom the costs of the things the farmer must buy to live and to keep a farm going are still going up government economists note but are not saying much about it i hat in actual dollars far mers all across the country are 20 worse off than they were four years ago quite obviously this affects the living standards of all farmers regardless of whether they depend for their living on a single crop such as wheat or on mixed farming and its pro ducts who is to blame 1 think it i is fair to say that the facts which have come out in the last few vears make it clear that there has been a lot of incompetence and many verv bad guesses made by the present government because the government has taken over the control of the farm economy it seems fair to judge the competence of the federal department of agriculture by the results of their controls i refer to such actions as the huge lasses to farmers through no fait of their own but solely because the gov ernment undertook to make international deals on prices- all of which have turned out to be bad deals the bungling of the foot ami mouth dis ease outbreak didnt help an either worse still all across has teen the handling of the british market for farm products whatever may be said in explanation the fact of the matter is that since the government first moved in and took over the job of mark eting our farm products in the united kingdom we have lost every one of these valu able markets for these and other reasons it seems to me that this farm problem is the most pressing single one in canada today i am glad to say that the party of which 1 am a member has verv defin ite plans for the restoration of these markets and vou will shortly be hearing a lot more about them budget drhntc on monday march li we saw the end of the budget debate with a vote taken on the subamendment proposed by the ccf and the amend ment proposed by the conser vatives both amendments were of course defeated by the lib eral government and a motion which was sponsored by the government of course carried because of the majority that the government has in the house over ninety members took part in the budget debate which lasted over three weeks the house is now settling down to other we woxder how much finer you can gel than the aluminum wire used in delicate apparatus which records the earths tremor drawn out almost to the vanish ing point it is about onetwelfth the diameter of a human hair one pound of aluminum would make enough of this unbelievably tine wire to stretch 20000 miles we know no more striking example of the way people make use of the tightness and strength of aluminum for all sons of jobs our research and technical men are constantly tackling new ques tions brought to them by cana dian manufacturers who look to aluminum in developing new pro ducts or better products or pro ducts that cost less aluminum company of canada ltd alcan business which is before them and which is quite heavy the prime minister intro duced a motion which vas passed that the house will recess for easier from april 2 to april 7 this short recess is because of the amount of work that must be disposed of prior to the coronation the men and women who serve in canadas defence forces serve the cause of our freedom they are ready and trafced to defend the canadian way of life this is the most important job in canada today specialized training travel excellent pay and pension plans outstanding medical and dental care thirty days annual leave with pay these are yours in the canadian army active force but more important there are out standing opportunities for advancement in the army today ability to lead is quickly recognized with special leadership training and promotion in the army your own qualities determine how far you go canadian infantry are recognized and honoured as the finest fighting soldiers in the world if you have what it takes you can serve with one of canadas famous infantry regiments but you bane to be good to make the grade you are eligible if you are 17 to 40 years of age physically fit and able to meet army test requirements no 13 pertonnel depot wolth home rideov chorlofte sti ottawa ont no 5 peronnel depot artillery fort ftooot st kmatton cmt canooon army recruiting centre a7two 90 richmond strati wen toronto on no 7 perionnef depot wotteiey ftorrocil oxford ejitobeth sts tonoon ont army recruiting centra 230 main st w north roy ont army recruiting centre joinet street armoury 300 jome u north hamilton ont