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th stouffville tribune establishtd hit member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member a the audit bureau of circulations authorized u secondclass mail potoice dept ottatca printed and issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 250 elsewhere 350 c h nolan editor jas thomas sports 4 asst a v nolan son publishers fob parehts only thoughts on travel the tribune stouffvllse ont thursday august w 10t watsons goodwood is typical country store notes and comments a raise by any other name canadian railway unions have taken a strike vote to enforce their demands for further wage increases they say they are being very reasonable this year and are not asking for any wage increases but only for fringe benefits but a raise by any other name is just as dear and the benefits they are asking for would cost the railways an extra 60 million a year this is seven or eight times as much as the combined net earnings of the cnr and the cpk last year the railways say they have reached the end of their resources and simply cant pay these demands the shippers have shown by their actions that thev have no intention of paying higher freight rates if their political influence can prevent it the union spokesman says in effect that the workers are going to get their demands even if it drives the railways to bankruptcy this is not exactly an idle threat it really means that if no one else can pay it parliament can be de pended on to take it out of the taxpayers the real question at issue is this are the people of canada going to govern themselves or are they going to allow powerful pressure groups to govern them they can govern themselves if they make up their minds to do so but if they lack the gumption to do it the pressure groups will be glad to take over with business falling oft in practically all our industries because our prices are too high and wages still rising and the unions driving for more we dont need the gift of prophecy to know that the inevitable end can be nothing short of unemployment our sailors are unemployed because they forced wages so high that no one could afford to operate canadian ships many of our manufacturing industries are slowing down because their high operating costs make it im possible to compete with the products of other coun tries farm prices are still coming down but have not yet reached the level at which the world will buy them and the farmers are practically out of the market for the products of canadian industries yet organized labor continues its drive for still higher wage rates while it complains to the government about unemployment for which its own self is largely to blame rural scene r fr wouldnt grandpa be surprised at this there was a time when grandpa and grandma and everyone connected with them paid spot cash for their purchases and if they could not do so they did without credit buying then entered the picture and buying on time expanded enormously over the years but there are still some oldfashioned people who want to get ahead the safe sure way and do not buy on time with one notable exception the purchase of a home it was thought that instalment buying had reached its zenith with furniture cars furnishings etc but it has not for some time it has been possible in the united states to buy air lines tickets on the instalment plan now the american express co in collaboration with several new york banks is selling package vacations involving plane ship rail or bus travel for amounts ranging from 300 to 5000 travellers can take up to two years to pay for these vacations the cost even includes sightseeing shopping and other expenses and there is no down payment just sign up and get aboard then put your nose to the grindstone for a few months of course you have to be over 21 to be eligible and have a steady income from a reliable source one can take a trip from new york to california for 344 and pay 29 a month for a year to remember it if you want to visit europe the ticket would be 1728 and over a twoyear period this would cost 78 a month the question not answered of course is if you have annual vacations and pay for them over a two- year period when does the vanishing point for vaca tions arrive publish names of these vandals the township of markham complains that some getrichquick artists bought 600 acres of its best farm land and sold all the top soil off it for the making of lawns and gardens in toronto thus turning to desert some of ontarios best land no doubt fortunes can be made by such ruthless destruction of the land on which the human race depends for its existence but what do the men who practice such vandalism leave behind them their names should be attached to the land they have destroyed and they should be remembered through future years as the destroyers of mans heritage on the earth it is not necessary to destroy the surrounding farm lands in order to have lawns in our cities if city people would take care of the topsoil on their own lots they could easily grow good lawns on it but they bury it tinder the sand and gravel they excavate to make room for their basements and then when their buildings are completed they buy top soil and sod off the surrounding farms to make lawns that 610 acres almost a square mile could have produced enough food to supply 100 people for genera tions to come now it produces nothing the right to own land should not include the right to divtroy it the government and the members of the legislature should make it their business to see that such wasteful destruction is discontinued and that severest penalties are attached to violations of whatever laws are made against it 1 am a part of ah that have met yec ati experience is an arch ing ai cooped up where through gleams that untravelied world whose margin fades forever and forever when i move do you know of any finer our lines on the urw to travel than these in tennysons liys- ses i dont unless a verse from john maefieds road ways might be placed along side these or robert louis stevensons 1 travel not to go anywhere but to go i travel for travels sake the trouble wivh joe city from london and france in charlie watson say that i the first world war he mar- sou cant sirol oik for a walkjried the neighboring farmers down the street without feel- daughter out home and set- jtled ic among the dozens of charlie never did lke the their scottish and irish-cana- city and after he came back dian relatives scattered around the gai buggies and ties uiei priced at s1s6 yam up while he goes in to fetch supplies for hb farm purchasing an od hotel next jdoor to the kore and the- own as sucn styles are oj the vml i which is attached they the supreme beef breed aberdeen angus get premium prices for baby heef with aberdeen- angus either pure bred or crossing with angus bull means earls maturing easyfeeding hornless carve with all the best beef features open and bred heifers and bred cows available now r c clarrnioiit ont baker ph claremont 4 lw cheerful owner of goodwood general store mrs c k wat son displays curio from up- harland mills 12 wears straw hat which had been in storeroom for unc ounted years when travel is mentioned likely you remember as a child reading gullivers travels these imaginary adventures are written in such a vivid style that many readers have thought them true if you have no copy of this book in your home do buy it in recent years a number of true travel diaries and stor ies such as the kontiki ex pedition by thor heyerdalil that thrilling account o live mens journey by raft across the south seas have had an amazing popularity some of the travel books mentioned in books for boys and girls ed ited by jean thomson ryer- son are on safari by wal- deck africa quetzal quest by hafen honduras storm- along by villiers journey around the world and danas two years before the mast borrow these or other good tra vel books from your public li brary for the family get a glimpse of distant lands thr ough your vacation reading comments by others on tra vel are like windows through which we can gaze back on our past holidays or look for ward with anticipation to the adventures which lie ahead if you keep a scrap book or oc casionally write out a quota tion which appeals to you you may find some you like in the following thoughts on travel by men of different countries and centuries the importance of pleasant travelling associates has often been expressed in 42 bc a roman publilius syrus said an agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a car riage james thomas fields was sure of one of the essential in gredients of happy travelling this is what he said of court esy it transmutes aliens into trusting friends and gives its owner passport round the globe as for preparation for a trip samuel johnston made this shrewd comment as the span ish proverb says he who would bring home the wealth of the indies must carry the wealth of the indies with him so it is in travelling a man must cany knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge many writers have chosen one particular benefit of tra vel and have commented on it carlo goldoni once observed he who never leaves his coun try is full of prejudice john erskine made this stimulating remark the body travels more easily than the mind and until we have limbered up our imagination we continue to think as though we had stayed at home we have not really budged a step until we take up residence in someone elses point of view modern travellers bring home picture postcards of places or their own snapshots to help them recall their travels tell ing about ones trip to a friend gives the traveller the chance to relive it providing the friend does not cut short the narrative- george ade said the time to enjoy a euro pean trip is about three weeks after unpacking a diary is a great aid to re calling the course of a trip particularly an account in which the traveller expresses his own reactions and thoughts about what he sees xo one elses narrative of a journey can take the place of ones own private tale saint augustine once compared the world to a book and those who do not travel read only one page there are two sides to eiery story and a rabbi julius gor don voiced this in these words travelling may be one of two things an exiwrience we shall always remember or an exper ience which alas we shall ne ver forget you might remind the members of your family before setting out on an expe dition of this quotation their j good time does not depend on i he weather the scenery or thursday aug 26th the tourist accommodation t rr n but on each traveller himself z p- 3- p- its up to each person what kind of a trip he has may your holiday be one you will always wmh to remember stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply yoivr requirements of crushed gra vel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phone 125 ollico phones 370 126 2e3gi stairs stockroom a childs sidebuttoned shoe one of a pair with 185 price on box the countryside about a year after their wed ding charlie and etoile wat son moved in from the 200acre farm his father had tilled be fore him just south of the vill age and bought goodwoods general store goodwood is on no 47 highway between stou ffville and uxbridge thats 31 years two sons and two granddaughters ago to day in the heart of the 2co- soul village less than an hour iipm toronto on the lindsay branch of the cnr c e wat sons emporium stands gently ooted in the timeless tradi tions of vanishing ontario rur al life of course there are more cars than horses drawn up by the venerable hitching post of a saturday night nowadays if charlie doesnt get to painting that post soon ill do it myself mrs watson says as we watched children turn ing somersaults and swinging on its worn smooth round ness but every now and then farmers like bachelor wilf mantle come along gettin to be too much hus tle and bustle and hurly burly around town these days wilf grumbles as he noses the sor rel and the roan in between miles awavjv millrace i of 1 mrj vn al i tore k down and used the lum- areadv the modern era isimns mese must hae been buti a mo ga making broads on the miscel- i a aken oyee irom cxtage for their elder son ianv of oddments services and the original owner m years nostalgic odors of the wonder- 3 ard still stacked in thai they own two cottage ai ful early ontario merchants- a i suncce 2 miles away ing but the watsons have given in grudgingly as refrigerated meat and frozen food equip ment crowds the front of the ordinary size building the back remains intact and dedi cated to a gentler slowmoving day with a feedstore in the stable at the rear its quite a while since any one has asked charlie watson to climb his little adder and bring down one of the brave britchingstraps or hamestraps or halters and bridles and nose- guards from the hish shelves come to think of it he says he hasnt sold a horse collar in quite a spell either although he stocks both the longstraved leatherfaced type at s10 and the shortstrawed al st he doubts if hell renew an order for strainer milkpails of which he has a long static supply and he notes a little sadly that the sale of cigarettes and pipe tobaccos has crept up steadily on the five or six brands of chewing tobacco once in brisk demand last january a threeday stocktaking kept the watsons and their 21yearold son and clerk dean busy burning lights far into the night for the best part of a week mrs watson showed us a stack of closely written scribblers which con tain at a rough estimate rec ords of some 10000 separate items from pins tacks and nails to pitchforks straw hats horseblankets sets of dishes towels table cloths and a won derful ornate cabinet of col ored threads and flosses among them was a dusty but unworn pair of little canadian highbutton boots blaek with colored leather tops size five right after the train comes in store becomes postofiice mrs watson and son dean left are busy sorting mail rural delivery driver waits outside counter for is years the proprietor where the family and relatives lias walked across the town picnic and relax on sundays street to collect mail bags from the train exactly at 1125 every morning stamped and sorted the letters for the 70hole mail box in the rear of the store and passed along to a waiting carrier a further collection of letters and parcels for delivery on his lsmile rural route the watsons have worked hard and made a good life means of livelihood up at seven six days a week one of them is always on duty in the store between 730 and 8 we try to close by ten at nights but often its later and always midnight on saturday the storekeeper says their customers are their friends and the general store is a way of life as well as sturdy old lritching post accommodates a horse once in a while but it is used most ly by children of village who practice gymnastics on it men investigate 16 careers bsi si visit canadas army active force has many different career opportunities for men between the ages of 17 and 40 or 45 if you already hove o trade a talk with the cana dian army information officer will give you a chance to decide if the army is for you and what this fine force has to offer men who wish to serve canada act now visit the canadian army information team post office saving money and writing cheques a bank offers you two types of deposit account savings and current typewriters for saie m for rent m the trctxnw ottk theres a place for you in the canadian army ctivie force v you write cheques frequently you will like ti to many advantages of a current account if your main purpose is to save to accumulate funds its good to have a savings account i he money you leave in a savings account earns interest and your bank book gives you an uptodate continuing record of your financial progress if your funds are active with frequent deposits and withdrawals a current account provides a special service a monthly statement together with your cancelled cheques useful as receipts and a ready reference for budgeting bookkeeping and other purposes the banks serving your community