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r the tribune stouitvilie ont thursday february i 1804 the stouffv1lle tribune established 1sss member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized a c-ond-cas- mail postoffie dept ottawa printed and issued everv thursdav at stouffville ont in canada s250 elsewhere s300 c h nolan editor jas thomas sports assist a v nolan son publishers notes and comments the worlds most enduring topic of conversation it is probably both correct and conservative to say that the worlds most enduring topic of conversation is the weather weather of any kind is a subject which people can always talk about when they cant find any thing else of common interest it serves as an opener for conversation among strangers and is the basis for a number of heated discussions even on the coldest days this has been particularly evident during the cold wave which appears to be taking a brief respite as this is written a few degrees variation in thermom eters can sometimes cause lifelong friends to get to feudin concerning the accuracy of their recording ap paratus the weather is also said to provide an excellent emotional outlet for those people who have to blow off steam periodically theycan always let go at the weatherman who fortunately is usually so far away that he is unaware that he is being berated unless perchance he may suffer the occasional attack of burning ears indirectly the weather is probably responsible for a lot of other topics of conversation such as the amount of fuel being consumed the best type of aircondition ing system to install what types of clothes are most suitable under the everchanging conditions to which the weather subjects us not to mention a few other things such as frozen water pipes exhausted car bat teries cold feet hot heads and so forth all of which are related to the general topic of weather in some way can anyone suggest anything in the world today which provides a more enduring or more vigorous topic of conversation than the weather white cane week this year the theme of white cane week is friendliness declared j a maenaughton national publicity chairman the canadian council of the blind the theme may come as a surprise he continued since canadians are universally regarded as a friendly people and nobody knows this better than the blind this year besides making friends during white cane week the blind in toronto and the five nearby counties are planning construction of an urgently- needed sixbuilding service and rehabilitation centre on bayview avenue just south of sunnybrook hos pital since the first white cane week eight years ago assistance to the carriers of the white cane has grown tremendously however there are still many canadians who though friendly by nature are often at a loss to know what to say to a blind person or how to go about offering aid blindness is not re- stricted to any particular walk of life the sightless person you meet on the streets may be a scholar a business man or a craftsman the chief difference between him and you is that he has lost his sight when a person first becomes blind he is depressed and sometimes very lonely this is where the can adian national institute for the blind and the can adian council of the blind can offer constructive assistance mr maenaughton observed cnib contributes a program of adjustment and training that not only teaches braille typing handicrafts and every day household duties but in many cases leads the newly sightless to gainful employment across canada fortyeight ccb clubs provide social and recreational rehabilitation and many a close friend ship has been formed through attendance at the club meetings we are proud of our fellow canadians the publicity chairman said who by their friendly guid ance have encouraged the sightless to undertake a greater variety of activities to anyone who thinks he would like to help but is timid about approaching may we say let the white cane introduce us remember the blind cannot see you the first move is up to you for parents only rural correspondents a big asset too few times we admit we express our thanks to our rural correspondents for their faithful and efficient services with a new year just begun we think it might be a good time to make special mention of their work the stouffville tribune has some twentyseven correspondents who record the daytoday activities in their own hamlet or corner of the rural district many have served the tribune for years as well as this they have provided a valuabletiervice to their own com munity in publicizing the activities of organizations and recording their progress their work constitutes an historical record of the community the job of being a good correspondent is not as easy as one might suppose it involves a lot of phoning on party lines gathering the news and preparing it for publication the weekly task generally falls on a mon day morning which is a busy day for the majority of our correspondents who are married women readers might take a tip help your local corres pondent by phoning in the news instead of waiting for the correspondent to phone we know the correspon dents would certainly appreciate this cooperation rural correspondence is the backbone of most weekly newspapers and has had much to do with put ting the tribune circulation at its high level of today sons and daughters no longer living in the area count on the tribune to keep them informed of what is go ing on back home weekly newspapers are in the top bracket of journalism because of their personal news items about people our readers know as every good newspaperman knows names are news ears deserve care schooling conies too high the ontario federation of agriculture has asked that the provincial or the federal government or both assume the cost of erecting new schools where needed bcause the local school boards find it hard to raise the money the reason the local boards are finding it hard to raise money for building schools is that the local tax payers who have to pay the bills are convinced that modern schools are costing more than they are worth as long as such expenditures are the responsibil ity of local boards the taxpayers can exercise some sort of control over them but if the responsibility is transferred to the gov ernment and payments made out of the general reven ue of the province or of the dominion local influence to keep expenditures within bounds will be converted into local pressure to get for each district the best that is going and extravagance will run wild reckless expenditure on schooling is not education it can undermine the best educational svstem ears deserve care hearin aids and lip reading do help individuals who are handicap- lied with deafness but it is a pity that many a baby born with a normal sense of hear ing through sickness or an ac cident loses this precious her itage ear trouble often accompan ies or follows one of the infec tious diseases such as scarlet fever or measles severe and continuous colds sinus infec tion tonsilitis diseased ade noids may produce swelling or an abscess in the middle ear and cause much pain un less a doctor is consulted and his instructions followed to the letter a childs hearing may be damaged small children sometimes put tiny objects such as a wooden bead or a bean in to their ears if mother can see the object it can usually be ta- ken out easily but if it has disappeared or if it is stuck never use force or poke at it whenever in doubt about ear complications phone the doc tors office once in a while a small insect may enter a childs ear a drop or two of warmed but not hot sweet oil or cas tor oil may lie dropped in to the ear wax should never be remo ved from the ear by a child poking in a match bobby pin or sharp object there is tool great a possibility of the ear drum being pierced or the ear harmed in some other way mother should remove the i wax very carefully from the outer ear ifk is hard impac ted or troublesome check with the doctor swimming in polluted water can sometimes be blamed for ear infection some people cannot dive from a high place without protecting their ears from a possible rupture of the eardrum swimming under water and diving should be done in moderation and ban ned if ear or sinus discomfort new york by nancy cleaver develops if there is pain in the childs ear noises of any kind or a discharge take the youngster to the doctor at once quite a number of children have poor hearing and this defect is not detected because they do not actually complain of discom fort if the child is frequently in attentive when called if he is very slow to talk and his ar ticulation is poor parents should have the childs hear ing tested carefully by a spec ialist or a physician irritabil ity and fatigue can sometimes be traced to partial deafness on the part of both children and adults the child who is starting to school usually is required to have a medical checkup should his hearing be poor the doctor will discover this if mother is in doubt she should speak to the doctor of his symptoms not a few children have been considered dull or have made very poor school grades simply because he could not hear properly every little while a boy presents a truancy problem because he hates school there he is always near the bottom of the class neither his teacher nor par ents have realized that the rea sons for his actions can be traced to deafness no parent wants his child to do anything but his best at school be sure your child is not endangered by unneces sary threats to his hearing if you suspect he is handicapped consult a doctor without de lay and give him every pos sible chance to overcome his difficulty ears are precious they deserve the best of care editors mail appreciation from aurora january 20 1931 yesterday the town of au rora suffered a tragic and dis astrous tire without the help of the tire brigades of the neighbouring communities the loss would have been con siderably greater without the help of the many willing vol unteers who assisted in so many ways the work of the tire brigades would have been considerably more difficult this council wishes to send its sincere thanks to thoe tire- men and policemen who work ed so hard and so long to those who supplied food and drink for the firemen to those who helped maintain the wat er supply to those who help ed merchants and household ers to safety and to the many many others who helped in any way whatsoever our sympathy is extended to those who suffered loss and our gratitude to those who came to our aid when they were needed the mayor and council the town of aurora the old home town by stanley stouffville ont january 25 1954 to the editor of the tribune sir with your kind atten tion 1 would ventilate here a few minor points which have occurred to me from time to time as i read the tribune after reading your paper for more than two years 1 have not received the overall impression that you are con cerned with the welfare of the people of this community as the name of your newspaper implies it may have slipped your mind in which case let me jar your memory but a tribune was an official ap pointed by the people of an cient rome to protect their li berties and champion their causes despite the most careful scrutiny of your pages 1 have not found you guilty of cham pioning a single social reform either local or national we have three streams running through stouffville which are admitted to be nothing but open sewers apparently these streams do not appeal to you you never mention them perhaps it is the smell in conclusion i would draw your attention to the fact that in ancient rome streams alsd carried away that citys sew age but these streams were covered with stones and mas onry from this we could in fer that stouffville has not caught up to ancient rome or that the tribune of ancient rome did a mudh better job than the tribune of stouff ville i have the honour to remain sir your humble and obedient servant j lewis toole itf w that sleepwalker ffcm elm street is still sows aeoumo with stmle his secret l ktc ruttlu lniktl t- ol9 ikmtt 1t report from parliament by michael starr ml ontario hiding the amendment to the post office act which authorizes the post office to increase the rate on firstclass postage from four cents to five cents has undergone considerable de bate in which the fallacy oi such an increase has been brought forward by members of the opposition parties the debate proved to be of high calibre and many very good reasons were brought to the attention of the postmaster general why no increase should be put into effect t this time in spite of this the bill will lion to other producers this handicap is at the root of ag ricultures inability to hold a balanced position in our econ omy in relation to other maj or industries what canada and the world needs is a grea ter measure of orderly market ing control over the movement of surplus supplies producers of farm commodities other than wheat which is control led by the wheat board would like a similar measure of stab ility assured for their respec tive products while real pro gress has been made and is being made producers of farm products do not consider that a program has been completed i vet or perfected which can be passed and we can look to w lhe f01 i assurance for products such as eggs hogs cheese concentrat- ward to paying five cents to mail a firstclass letter begin- ning april 1st 1954 thismjvj- muk pridm olaues lud simile as easy as adding to your worries christmas trees ark 1 10110 i xdustrv the humble christmas tree has conie into its own besides being a symbol of the yuletide season in homes across canada it also repre sents a fastrising industry now valued at several millions of dollars annually to canad ian growers across the country heres how the ninas tree industry shapes up british columbias exports have reached a record 2000000 trees with a wholesale value of a million dollars new brunswick expects sales to hit the 1 mimillions mark from the revenue of 2000000 trees nova scotia exports an aver age of 3000000 trees a year ontario sent lmilion worth of trees across the us border last year and so did quebec crease will yield fifteen lion dollars a year into the post office treasury the amended national hou sing act is still under discus sion and a great deal of critic ism has been made by mem bers of the opposition in the criticism they suggest that i down payments should be low er and the interest rate should be 2 this bill has priority over all other business be cause the minister is most an xious that it should be passed arrangements can f nicieiu producers so that all be made prior to the time when building will commence this spring in canada my work here in ottawa has been varied most of it is com posed at the present time of looking after the affairs of constituents and these prob lems pertain to compensation cases disabled persons allow ances old age pensions im migration cases and postal problems we are faced with three by- elections two almost at once and one a little later on be cause of the death of members of the house of commons the ranks of the conservative members in the senate have also been depleted to seven with the death of another se nator at a recent meeting in lon don ontario of the canadian federation of agriculture the president of that body ilr 11 ii uannam predicted that hog price- would drop in mid- 195 and that cattle prices will remain low for the next sever al years he anticipated also that in view of expanded e production egg prices may drop and that although there is no need for lower fluid milk prices increasing output could bring new problems general ly speaking the shift towards declining farm prices which followed the korean war is likely to continue in 1951 the root of the farmers problem is that free competition places him at a disadvantage in rela- pcrhaps some others the main objective is to have a i program and machinery to carry it out which will give producers confidence that sur- i plusses if and when they ap- i pear will lie taken in its stride that they will be stored mov ed into consumption turned over to an international food disposal agency or otherwise handled before their accumu lation has had time adversely to undermine prices and wipe out income for large sections lust recently i have had the privilege of interceding on be half of the oshawa general hospital in making arrange ments for the oshawa post of fice to insert a cancellation slug publicizing the fund raising campaign for the construction of the new 100bed wing which is to be added to the present building there is a great deal of ap prehension at the present time because of the present high level of unemployment and this matter is being viewed by labour unions and individuals as a gloomy outlook labour minister gregg in the house of commons said that the unemployment insurance is carrying most of the load of the jobless now and that the remainder of the problem could best be solved through federal- provincial municipal effort however the trade and labour congress of can ada and the canadian congres ofg labour who have a join membership of 955000 issueu joint statement declaring that 1 unemployment is the most se- rious problem facing canad ians today in some parts of the country the unemployed total has reached approximate ly 15 of the labour force well over the danger point the latest governmental fig ures which have been released show that there were 338000 persons loking for jobs through the government employment bureaus on december 10 1953 metropolis of america a dry of absorbing interest new york offers to visitors of all inclinations a variety of activity and a host of sights to see on this delight ful trip you hove 3 full days and 4 nights in new york including a visit to greenwich village and chinatown you have- h your choice of several other features that will make your trip both in- yj teresting and enjoyable 52 76 atlc your agrd for mora dtioilt of thh and many olhr puatur phnard vacotkxu round trip fare from toronto svbicf to chang includes hotel room for 4 nights 12 ia a room snowbalpsbarber shop ph stouffville 270j2 the cock and the jewel a cock scratching the ground for something to eat turned up a jewel that had by chance been dropped there ho said he a fine thing you are no doubt and had your owner found you great would his joy have been but for me give me a single grain of corn before all the jewels in the world moral its far more important to have the things you really need than to have luxuries thats why you should do as so many other far- sighted canadians do build up a savings account at the canadian bank of commerce then you will be sure you need never go without the necessities of life visit our nearest branch today illustration by arthur radcham ram the htinemann edition of aesops 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