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the stouffville tribune established lilt member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as secondclots mail poioffice dtp ottcra printed and issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 250 elsewhere 350 c h nolan editor jas- thomas sports asst a v xolan son publishers notes and comments greater aid for municipalities grattan oleary of ottawa told the eastern ontario development conference recently that the financial plight of municipalities will not be remedied unless the provinces and local governments receive more tax revenues from the federal government there is nothing original in this the same idea has been put forward many times by municipal govern ments and by the canadian federation of mayors they have argued that investment in homes is losing its attractiveness through burdensome taxation municipalities have only one major source of revenue taxes on property other revenues amount to very little the municipal tax base is in effect still in the horse and buggy days public demands for services however are not still in that stage people expect better schools higher education for more children modern roads and many other im provements every new or improved service is a further strain on the municipal tax dollar realty taxes are mounting so high that many people who could own homes prefer to rent provincial governments notably in ontario have long recognized the plight of municipalities and have tried to hel ontario has been generous in making grants but even this help is not sufficient to hold down mounting tax rates mr oleary has touched on a possible solution greater help from the federal government with its greater taxing powers could provide more revenue for the provinces which in turn could pass on some of the benelits to the municipalities the real solution however does not lie in in creased government grants it will be found more adequately and equitably in broadening the base of municipal taxation providing municipalities with new and sufficient sources of revenue so that the over burdened property taxpayers may be given a measure of relief oshawa times rm pare1tt8 oxit 1 editors mail the light hazard dr leonard ancona of milan italy told delegates to the 14th international congress of psychology meeting at montreal that death on the highway is often caused by light it is a seeming paradox because without light life on earth would not be possible he said drivers are not yet sufficiently aware of the menace of their cars due to impaired vision not be cause of mechanical defects of the vision but rather because their vision has been impaired by bright lights he illustrated the menace this way if a driver stops at night to eat in a brightly lit roadside restaurant and then returns to his driving his vision may be impaired 50 per cent or more for a matter of several minutes his eyes may not return to their former 100 per cent condition for some time later the hazard of light to traffic also exists at mid day a driver without dark glasses on a bright day could impair his eyesight 50 per cent or more accord ing to dr ancona he advises the use of darkcolored glasses of such design as also to exclude side light this safety angle has been given little stress a sewer vote this year time is fast passing and no move has been taken yet to provide for a sewer vote this year or to take a survey for such a system this matter has been dis cussed many times in council but action is continually delayed again this month the york county health unit is urging such municipalities to give more thought to sanitation residential areas are develop ing fast and a thought to the future health of these areas should be given as the health unit warns the season for polio is again only a few weeks away and improper sani tation is just another way of strengthening the hand of this disease ratepayers have heard stories from council now for several years concerning a possible survey and vote and the main question now is whats the hold up each week more new homes are going up and more new residents are spending hundreds of dollars on septic tanks and tile beds dollars which might better be financing a town sewage system council should have no hesitation about allowing the ratepayers to vote on the question after all its the taxpayers money and if enough residents feel they can afford to shoulder a big tax increase for sewers council should not delay the project parking problem summer is upon us and our saturday night park ing problem also remains despite many attempts to solve the congestion some time ago a move was made or at least discussed to make use of the public parking lot near the arena the lot is now well lighted but few avail themselves saturday night especially shoppers are reluctant to use the lot when it is not attended and the use of the lot as well has been very poorly advertised businessmen and council should at least get their heads together and give this lot a fair trial the hiring of a man to attend the park on saturday nights should not prove too costly the other solution to the problem which was also discussed and which has been under consideration by council is the installation of parking meters talking with business people in uxbridge the other day we learn that meters are also under consideration there meters do prove beneficial in reserving the good park ing space in the centre of town for the shopper as those who wish to merely use their cars as a grand stand on open evenings are not likely to sit in their cars and feed a meter all evening camp adventure it aberdeen angus the supreme beef breed gel premium prices for haby beef with aberdeen- ariffus either pure bred or crossing with angus bull means earlymaturing easyfeeding hornless calves with all the best bf features open and bred heifers and bred cows available now r c baker claremont onl h claremont hw camp is a real adventure ard the thoughts of youth are song long thoughts what fin er expression of the idealism which stirs within campers at a good camp on high occa sions can be found thsa in his code for campers we aim to live out the things we be lieve to have a sincere care for al people to be disciplined in all we do to see the job that needs to be done and carry it through to be constructive in our thinking and speaking to learn to work in a group to be willing to recognize ard to correct our fault- to study and work for sound homes united communities and a peaceful world written by the crees or senior girls at camp tanama- boon algonquin park to camp or not to camp that is the question in count- less home where boys and girls are eager to go to camp its such fun they chorus a summer camp adventure for a boy or girl has become an accepted holiday pattern in thousands of canadian families but with rising camp fees ac companied by the higher cam of living many parents are wavering about camp this sum mer the younger generation show no signs of doubling the alue of camp they just know they will learn to swim and dive a lot better jim can handle a canoe just like an indian since he went to camp and did he ever pick up some smart fishing tips helen who is an only child says a bit wistfully betty just raves about camp being such a friend ly place the girls had a mar vellous time in their cabin group a good camp benefits the whole child body mind and spirit it is not just a place for recreation or even just for education but for the growth of a boys or girls total char acter and physique a childs on youths enthus iasm for a particular camp where he has summered is by nancy clearer likely to be as ardent as his loyalty for his own school there is a great satisfaction in snecpog old friends again end returning to familiar haunts it is quite possible that j the camp your child loves ev en if st costs quite a bit is j worth every cent at the present i stage in his development but if increased camp fees make this particular camp real- lly beyond the amount of money the family can devote to it why not consider another camp 1 where the rates are not quite so high this would seem a better solution than cutting out camp completely there are good camps in the differ ent price ranges in most areas what is your idea of a good camp every parent will have 1 a different answer but they jali want their child well cared for and happy my husband and j i want to be very sure that jthe camp our boy or girl goes to is a safe place that adequate provision is made for nourish j irg fcod and sufficient ret that i the camp director and stair have seme of the same ideals for the campers that we have jfor our children j we would like to feel confi dent that our child will be happy at camp swimming and j diving and boating and trying out fresh hobbles and making new friends discreet inquiries made to parents of last years campers satisfy or disillusion a father or mother about the true quality of a camp camp has all kinds of values for different campers meeting their own special need and helping them grow as a coun sellor four years and as a di rector for six we saw very clearly that although the con tribution camp life made to some youngsters was much more vital than to others with very very few exceptions they all seemed to receive benefit from it a camper can echo ulysses words in tennysons poem all experience is an arch where through gleams the untravelled world whose margin fades forever and forever as 1 move copyright dear ilr editor re markham township school taxes i have just received my 19it tax bill and upon examining jit was amazed to rind the am- joun we are paying for school ccits in school area no j 0912 mills plus 10 mills for high school making a total of j 4912 mills and i understand it will be i orse rext year with new buildings being planned what really surpjed me jwas the revelation i found on i the reverse side of the taxbiil where i found the costs of edu- j cation in the rest of the town ship of markham the average cos for twenty- five union school sections and regular school sections is 127 mills including debenture rates in many cases the eot in school area no 1 is 2js mills including debenture rates or almost three times as great as the average in markham now when school area no 1 was formed i understood that the purpose in forming the area was to provide better edu cation at a lesser est the cots to be lowered by in- buying power and cooperative admin istration costs i gues i have been disillusioned while i am ready to admit that school areas in theory do offer greater opportunities for our children actually in prac tice the costs seem to be three times as high is it worth it give me less elaborate school buildings and qualified well paid teachers and i will be glad to revert back to former methods of education for my children i have read in the papers that cur school board is planning a the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 54 1954 a v nolan memorial trophy returns to aurora 3 the canadian weekly newspaper association on tario division held its annu al convention in london winners of the main cwna awards were presented from left lo right ken glerdin- ning delhi news record third general excellence- contest towns 1300 to 33c0 col k l picking au rora banner first in same section dick pierce simcoe reformer first general ex cellence towns over 1300 don sjuthcott exeter times ad vocate bet front page report from parliament by michael starr mi ontario riding a meeting was held in osh awa a fsw weeks ago at whioh were present mayors and ree ves of various municipalities under the jurisdiction of the oshawa unemployment insur ance commission office and rep resentatives of labour organi zations the discussion at this meeting was in respect to the unemployment which is now prevalent in oshawa and dis trict as a result of this meet ing a delegation arrived in ot tawa on wednesday june 10th this delegation was composed of mayor j naylor of oshawa mayor d g davis of uxbridge george lockhart of the trades and labour council and gor don wilson president of the oshawa and district labour council the delegation was accorded a very cordial reception by the honourable m f gerg min ister of labour the honour able walter harris minister of citizenship and immigra- tionand the honourable paul martin minister of national health and welfare in an ad visory capacity at this meet ing were present the heads of various sections of the labour department and of the unem ployment insurance commis sion branch sitting in also at this meeting were two other members of parliament j lames mp for durham and g enfield mp for york south and myself the meeting lasted approxi mately two hours and various aspects of the situation as it exists in oshawa and district were thoroughly discussed mr greg stated clearly that he does not consider oshawa a depress ed area but promised that the unemployment insurance mission would keep in close touch with oshawa through periodic visits and the findings would lx submitted to the min ister of labour as a result of this the minister would then plan a course of action in an endeavour to alleviate any hardships that may be experi enced he also stated that the unemlpoyment insurance commission was making a study o the unemployment insurance act in an endeavour to make certain revisions in keeping with the present needs on wednesday june 16th the honourable lionel ohev- rier minister of transport during the course of question ing- on his estimates which were being suomitted to the house stated that the trans- canada airlines would like to have a crosscountry run be tween montreal and windsor with stops at cornwall king ston belleville oshawa to ronto and london he did not elaborate any more on this statement and it is presumed that plans in their prelimi- nary stages must be being dis cussed it is not likely that aivy immediate action in this res pect will be taken by the de partment the channel leading into frenchmans bay from lake ontario is again causing some concern because of the lower level of the water and the sift ing of the sand thereby re ducing the depth of water at this particular point i am presently endeavouring to have this channel dredged so that it will have the proper depth opposition suggestions that the government consider slic ing the living allowances paid to canadian diplomats and other representatives abroad isnt going to go anywhere the government argues that other countries are paying higher allowances and that in any event the payments are necessary to allow canadian representatives to meet higher living costs abroad and to mix as widely as possible with offi cials and others in the country to which they are posted sources here report that ot tawas civil defence plans may- undergo some changes past campaigns havent been able to cope with public apathy some provinces havent taken ad vantage of federal defence funds available to them and some key cities toronto is an example have been display ing a monumental lack of in terest in civil defence plan ning awaited is health min ister martins forthcoming statement on rivil defence when his spending estimates come before the commons for approval -appreciation- havinsr disposed of our store and refreshment business al ringwood we would hke lo lake this opportunity of extending appreciation lo the many customers who have patronized our place of business oter the past live years we would also bespeak this continued patronage for the new owner mr archie rcid eric and edna allen further new school at no 7 highway and bayview for us to pay for i presume for the next twenty years this seems strange to me when in driv ing along bayview i notice both the old thornlea school vacant and a portable beside it also vacant perhaps there are other rate payers who are also wondering if we should not revert back to our former way of electing lo cal trustees for local schools as has been done in other parts of ontario if so please contact the writer sincerely reg crawford langstalf ontario windshield glass a statement that greentinted windshields reduce the effect ivemvs of car headlights at night by twothirds is attribu ted to the canadian medical association journal it seams incredible in view of the fact that such windshields having a 15 to 29 per cent filter facto at the top are quite clear in the lower part through which the driver sees the road there is a mass of practical and scientific evidence in their favor and a majority of us tatcs now require tinted wind shield glass oil all new vehicles an important circumstance is that it unquestionably reduces harmful daytime glare and thus aids night vision which otherwise would be impaired by prolonged daytime driving toronto telegram for every take 01lar you invest pontiac gives you a wealth of truly startling values i instance pontiacs unmatched choice of 31 models in six great 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