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the tribune stouitville oni tbutsday januarv 14 1054 the stouffville tribune established 1ss member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as scroiidclass mail postoflice depl ottawa printed and issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 250 elsewhere s300 c h nolan editor jas thomas sports assist a v nolan son publishers notes and comments tribune posts another circulation increase it is with pride that the tribune announces in this issue a new net paid circulation figure of 3058 this is the latest figure for paid weekly circulation as published by the audit bureau of circulations the steady increase in tribune circulation is a reflection of the development of stouffville and immediate area the bulk of the tribunes circulation or more than 95 is home yearly subscriptions this solid type of circulation is the best guarantee an advertiser can have that his message really goes home where it is read at leisure by the family circulation figures demonstrate to a considerable degree how well a paper serves the district in which it is published a steady growth through the years is a fine tribute to the effort a newspaper makes to report the local news events it is also a tribute to how successful a paper is in fostering and assisting every worthwhile municipal endeavor the tribune publishes more than 625 pages a year in which appear more than 4000 columns of news this represents nearly 25000 pounds of newsprint the local publication is provided by a staff of eight in addition to more than 20 rural correspondents the tribune strives to keep its news columns clean factual and unbiased the formula for a truly independent newspaper it is true that we make mistakes occasionally so does every other newspaper that isnt afraid of its own shadow but when our information is shown to be faulty we make amends cheerfully the tribune is not unmindful of the privilege it has of serving this progressive community and is sincerely grateful for the patronage it has enjoyed every effort will be made to keep on improving the service given readers heres to crime those who are accustomed to deplore and view with alarm frequently find cause for disapproval in the newspapers habit of playing up stories of crime and violence thereby catering to the socalled baser tastes of their readers since newspapers continue their way undisturbed by the reformers it may be taken for granted that these baser tastes are shared by the majority of readers it might be suspected that the reformers themselves read the stories pretty thoroughly before they complain to the editor if news of crime and violence were removed from the general news pages the average newspaper would seem dull indeed the stories remaining for expanded treatment would mainly be based on what people of some permanent or transitory prominence have said as it is a dull day in the newsgathering world will find the latest great thoughts of senator mccarthy rita hayworth or the red dean of canterbury gaining the prominence of the front page a really good murder has this much in its favor that it is something that has happened irrespective of the morals of the case it can be enjoyed without apology by both reporters and readers if there is an element of mystery in it so much the better the story then becomes a serial from the time the chief of police announces that an arrest will be made in a few days or hours the experienced reader rightly interpreting this as meaning that the police havent the least idea of who the criminal is can prepare for at least a week of solid pleasure reformers and deplorers notwithstanding the taste for reading about crime is not to be judged too harshly the reader may look upon the criminal as something of a benefactor in providing a spot of color for a dull world but it is the reformer who gets up petitions in the criminals behalf when the penalty for his crime is at last imposed by that time the ungrate ful reader of crime stories is deep in the latest mystery the printed word stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smth prop bethesda thursday january 7 mr and mrs norman frets of london spent new years with his parents mr and mrs bran fretz also mr peter stieklcy mr and mrs aaron shelter of stayner had christ mas with mr and mrs fretz there is always one draw back for the fellow in a bud ding love affair the blooming expense most people like silverware that matches but it gets mon otonous going to the same res taurant all tile time vf zssmitisnrmzsaasiissam implements on hand new implements iraln fertilizer drills mh manure sprondcrs coby mnnuro spreaders mh cream sepnrnlors trnctors wagons plows disc harrows bnlers forage harvesters combines side rakes grain hinders automatic hale leader geo white threshlnj ma chine onewny plsca used implements furnuill a tractor goble disc harrow xew knvouritc threshing machine international dump rake international mower b ft- ctit mh clipper combine wf alllschalmers tractor i international plow dim henry ogden phone 254 stouffville ont j asogzzggbgaiggrgazebieibsgbobso for pareuts only one canadian flag by xuiny ller the canadian flag issue is of vital interest to every par ent a flag is an honored sym bol of ones country in train ing in patriotism it plays an important part we need 0ne canadian iag perhaps in the last month of the year many canadians mis sed the news note about a re vival of the flag debate on parliament hill on wednes day december 9th ia our legislators at ottawa spent three hours discussing a pri vate members resolution pro posing the adoption of a can adian flag and suggesting a joint commonssenate com mittee tp study and recom mend a design a canadian press dispatch said further action this session seems re mote a similar joint committee ws set up im idms to choose a canadian flag design this is no longer in existence after months of work and study of around two thousand designs they recommend that canadas national flag should be the red ensign with a golden ma ple leaf in the fly with a bor dered background of white why has no action been ta ken on this are we not a de mocracy where the vote of the majority should be accepted is it because our representa tives in ottawa are unable to grasp the urgency of this flag issue or do they hesitate to take a stand on a controver sial matter the absence of one canad ian flag in the eyes of thous ands of our new canadians who have come recently to our shores is a tragic blunder we cannot wipe out the memory of the scorn in the voice of a young lad from the nether lands as he exclaimed you canadians have no official flag why have we no national flag it is not because we do not need one the red en sign flag of our merchant marine is recognized at the olympic games or at the com monwealth gathering at the coronation as the canadian fiag but it is not our official national banner our growing provincialism our lack of unity much of our apologetic attitude as canad ians might be traced to our absence of this symbol recog nized from atlantic to pacific from the border to the pole that we are one nation john buchans one complaint about canadians was their lack of appreciation of their own land his criticism is fre quently echoed by visitors from overseas and across the line- where is your canadian flag united states tourists ask as they see the union jack fluttering in the breeze in some places the red en sign flag of our merchant ma rine flying in others and the french canadian favourite withmhe four flew de lis on the fly waving over centres in quebec province our flagless state i no easier to justify to a visitor from another land than it is to explain to a child we parents should be able to count on our national lead ers for some action on this flag question we can learn from the communists in the way they value and display their flag in an evergrowing area in the world the red flag with its yellow hammer and sickle is flown the per plexity- of tourists and immig rants about the absence of an official flag is embarrassing hut in terms of encouraging a sturdy canadian national spir it in our boys and girls the absence of one approved can adian flag is nothing short of a catastrophe talk to your family and your friends about a national flag discuss it in the groups to which you belong rerhaos you will find that although people have different prefer ences and are of different rac ial origin- they want the same canadian flag flying over ev ery inch of our dominion all the diverse countries- in the united nations family saw the importance of a new symbol of peace on the face of the earth our children know this international flag with its white polar world sur rounded by an olive wreath of friendship on a blue back ground they should also know what is our official can adian flag surely we canad ians can choose a national banner let us be done with lethargy and fence sitting and get some action on this canad ian flag question blaming other people is all very ensv but why not ac cept some of the blame our selves our representatives are no better or worse than wc the people who voted them there in our inertia or plain laziness in making it clear to our legislators that we do want a canadian flag we have in all truth been poor citizens let us write to prime minis ter st laurent and to our fed- eral member we should tell them our convictions on this canadian flag question dont put it off but do this today the rakish sports car styling of buicks twodoor super riviera sedan makes it surefire beauty winner for 1954 modelled aftej buicks famed skylark sports car it features the new panoramic windshield a cuidown door bell line full rear- j wheel cutout and a refined sweepspear molding the super riviera is mounted on a 127inch wheel- base and is powered by a 1 82horsepower v8 engine when equipped with twinturbine dynaflow wire wheels are optional can only beget the carnal and only the spirit of god can be get what is spiritual garnish ed flesh is not spiritual verse 7 ye must be born again the new birth may be a marvel but the need for it is no marvel it is in keeping with the law of generation verse s the wind blow- eth canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it go- eth so is every one that is horn of the spirit the phen omena of the wind can be tra ced but its coming and going remain mysterious this is more true of the holy spirit this weeks sunday school lesson xicoiikmis so loved gave his that who- ill him hut have john ili vvhoiih jesus a i golden text god the world hat lie only begotten son soever helievclh should not perish cvcrlasling life the lesson as a approach to the lesson one ot the peculiarities of johns gospel is the groat number of the evangelists own comments interspersed with the narrative the other gospel writers rarely interject even explanatory notes for clear examples of this in johns gospel look at 221 25 739 1113 123713 2030 31 2110 in this weeks lesson 2 passages are thought by many to be such commentaries in serted by john himself 31621 and 3313i most of us howev er like to think of john 31g as having been spoken by our lord himself but it is just as true even if john gave it to us it is still the word of god the discourses of jesus re corded by john are a complete ly different selection from those given in the synoptic gospels here we have none of the sermon on the mount none of the mysteries of the kingdom discourse none of the great indictment of the scribes and pharisees none of the olivet discourse rut see what we have the discourses on the new birth 3121 the water of life l2 the son and iii- witnesses 51917 the bread of life li2750 the light and life of men 81258 the good shepherd 1011s and the unspeakably precious upper room discourse 1331 to ic33 here is a wealth of our lords teaching given to individuals and to groups for which we must be exceedingly thankful there are also some notable omiions in johns gospel with regard to events the fol- iowing events are not record ed here the birth of christ but see 111 she baptism the temptation the transfigur- i ation the last supper the ag ony in the garden and the as- cension of these seven mark i also omits the first and mat- i thew the last these omissions may seem strange to us but they emphasize the fact that matthew mark luke and john were not writing a biog raphy but a gospel and each one had his own emphasis as he was guided by the holy spirit verse by verse john 31 a man of the pharisees named nicodemus a ruler of the jews two things are said of nicodemus he belonged to the sect of the pharisees see acts 265 and that he was a ruier which means that he was a member of the sanhedrin the great jewish council verso 2 rabbi we know that thou art a teacher come from god nicodemus was satisfied on the point of the di vine mission of jesus but be yond that he was full of ques tioning verse 3 except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of god lesus went right to the heart of nic- cdemuss questioning for all his learning and religion he was an unrcgenerae man un able to discern the things of god see i corinthians 211 verse i how can a man be born when he is old his response to christs statement was but further evidence of hi uri regenerate state he could think only in terms of the natural the spiritual was beyond him verse 5 except a man be born of water and of the spir it he cannot enter into the kingdom of god our lords answer was a repetition of his former statement with slight enlargement and explanation of water and of the spirit verse g that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is horn of the spir it is spirit now comes the real explanation the carnal verse 10 art thou ter of israel and knowest not these things for a master read the teacher nicodemus was high in the ranks of jew ry yet blind to spiritual truth verse 11 we speak that we do know and ye re ceive not our witness our lord speaks from firsthand knowledge not acquired know ledge the ye refers to the group represented by nicode mus as an individual as a group the rulers of israel did not believe but nicodemus came to faith verse 12 how shall ye believe if i tell you of heav enly things the earthly things are those things which refer to our condition and ex perience here the heavenly things are the works of god behind the scenes verse 13 and no man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from heaven a difficult verse indicating that it was not by some dweller on earth ascend ing to heaven that the truth came to men but by a dwel ler in heaven coming down to earth jesus himself verse 11 as moses lift ed up the serpent in the wild erness so must the son of man bo lifted up a reference to numbers 2170 the lifting up of christ refers definitely to the cross though his as cension to the throne may al so be in view verse 15 that whosoev er believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life the great purpose of the lift ing up was to secure life for man which is available to faith verse 16 that he gave his only begotten son have everlasting life back of the great purpose and the costly means of attaining it is the infinite matchless love of god the heart of the jsson the second chapter of johns gospel ends on a sad note many believed says the rec ord but jesus did not believe in them theirs was the sup erficial faith based only on the spectacular which did not lead them to a committal of themselves to the lord jesus i but there were a few earn- jest soul- in jerusalem who were neither willing to be i swept into a hasty commit intent nor satisfied to abide in i smug indifference of this i number was nicodemus the pharisee who shared the al- i most fanatical adherence of i his sect to the law but did not share their hypocrisy j this religious leader was frankly puzzled the miracles of josus were valid creden tials of a prophet a teacher i come from god yet the tea- ichings of jesus so cut across i mas- the traditions which the phar isees so cherished that nico- demus was at a loss to know what to make of it all rut while others of his sect and other members of the great council closed their eyes to the evidence and efused to barken to jesus nicodemus was bent on having the my stery solved he chose an in terview by night when inter ruption was least likely his opening affirmation con tained all the questions of his inquiring mind but our lord turned the tables on the in quirer nicodemus thought that jesus was the problem jesus showed him that nicodemus was the problem what he needed was not an answer to his questions but a new birth a birth from above that and that alone would give him ac cess to the kingdom of god and open the eyes of his un derstanding to the truths of that kingdom in other words his need which was the need of all men was not primarily intellectual but spiritual rut how was that need met not by the scaling of the heights of heaven by men in their search for truth but by the eternal truth himself co ming down from heaven to men start the new year feed marmill brood sow ration si raise larjre litters of sturdy piss pigs pay fed the marmill way rees0rs mmiii ltd markham phone 9600 down south of the border rolling south over scenic highways you are routed via new orleans where you have two nights and one day to see the sights of this enchanting city your lour conductor who speaks both spanish and english joins your group at san antonio and accompanies you to mexico and back youll enjoy the wonderful sights of mexico its quaint shops and the strange customs of its colorful citizens atk your agent for mora dvfoifj of ihk and many other pltmurt 7hnnd vocatkxa 265 04 round trip fare from toronto subact fo change includes hotel room for 23 nights 2 ha room also 19 meals snowballs barber shop ph stouffville 270j2