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1 the stouffville tribune established g3 a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as ioirfuu na poitotsce depu ottawa printed and issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 5250 elsewhere s350 c h nolan publisher jas thotnas amoc editor fok parents onxt bedtime story notes and comments spring is on the move the sap buckets are out and a number of robins have been seen in town we are in the midst of another hectic hockey playoff period and a great many are looking and hoping for an early spring the winter on the whole has been an easy one road budgets have been spared thousands of dollars through the lack of snow although a few more tons of sand were needed than usual only once was it neces sary to clear snow on local streets there were cold snaps some of them fairly steady but not too severe and many oldsters have been shaking their heads and talking of the old days when the mercury dipped to twenty and even thirty below in these parts more than flowers bloom along with the daffodils and crocuses watcn for the rackets that bloom in the spring says the financial post there is the chimney expert who makes a dire prediction about how soon the bricks will come tumbl ing down unless he is allowed to rebuild at a fancy figure following close behind is the bearer of nursery stock with a glowing word picture of how his bargain- priced juniper or forsythia will improve the appearance of the front yard there is the humus seller too obviously there are many legitimate salesmen making the rounds offering good value for the money they ask there is a simple way to distinguish the good from the bad no legitimate salesman will hesi tate to produce credentials st marys journal better picrtic facilities spring is here and summer will soon be upon us so it is not too early to be giving some thought to local park activities stouffville memorial park has become a community centre and much more so thanks to mr arthur latcham and his wonderful contribution of floodlights and grandstand aside from the weekly baseball activity which goes on the local park ground has steadily increased in pop ularity as a site for family reunions and picnics both local and from a distance this popularity is very gratifying to we who are proud of our town and its park but this pride might manifest itself with better facilities for our visitors there was some suggestion last year that the booth in the park be rented as a concession to provide refreshments for the many events which are constantly taking place there however the season was well ad vanced and nothing was done in this regard the idea has merit and we are thinking particularly of the provision for hot water and other picnic necessities which could be made available the revenue from such a concession would easily provide the necessary capital to renovate the rather dilapidated refreshment stand now provided the community centre board will no doubt be meeting shortly to discuss early summer plans and the matter of better booth facilities both for picnics and general activiticsis one we would like to see on the agenda buy easter seals to help the cause of crippled children the annual easter seal campaign sponsored by the stouffville lions club as in years past is now in full swing letters containing a supply of easter seals with an explanation of the aims and purposes of the campaign have been sent to most of the homes in the village with them is an appeal to buy these seals by sending in a contribution an appeal which should not fall on deaf ears through the years the crippled childrens work carried on by the lions club has been of tremendous importance and value it has brought back to lives of usefulness hundreds of children whowould otherwise have gone through life suffering from crippling handi caps by providing these children with the most expert treatment and care by financing operations in many cases and generally doing everything humanly possible to restore them to full health anil vigor service clubs have salvaged hundreds of childnl coupled with that is the broader field of work of the ontario society for crippled children which is also a beneficiary of the easter seal campaign this society is a great humanitarian agency which exists for one purpose to make it- possible as far as it can be accomplished for crippled children to live normal lives to overcome their handicaps and to be self- supporting the number of cases which have benefitted from this work runs into many thousands the rami fications of the societys activities are widespread and wherever there is a crippled or handicapped child who needs care and attention the society is there to help we cannot think of any appeal which should have a more generous response than that made on behalf of crippled children through the easter seal campaign we urge all of our readers to buy their package of easter seals and to send along in return for them as generous a contribution as they can afford ottawa lists work on north york rivers two xorih york river pro jects are listed among the items of 195319v appropriations of the department of public works ottawa released last week jersey river north gwilhm- bury township is to have 20000 spent on reconstruction of a retaining wail on north side of the ehannel both sides of the county highway petteraw river in georgina township is listed to have a total expenditure of sisovo al so on reconstructing a retain ing wall the petteriaw river project in irameiiate reed of work js near the river mouth where the current sweeps in an inverted v to reach lake simcoe stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop would rather be the chil drens storyteller than the aueers favorite or the kings courselor kate douglas yvig- gin the famous author of mrs wiggs of the cabbage patch once declared today there are so many stories which children can listen to on the radio or tv at the public ho rary at schooll but there is still one special story thebed- time story which belongs es pecially to parents mother and dad can take tips on how to tel this last story of the day to little folk from their childs favorite story teller they should never make the mis take of concluding that the bedtime story has lost its charm there should be a special place on the bookshelf for these stories a very little child loves picture book stories nursery rhymes and the old favorites such as the three little pigs or goldilocks and the three bears kiplings just so stories hans christian andersens fairy tales and the tar baby stories by uncle remus are loved by older children the childrens librarian at the public library is a great help in suggesting suitable sto ries bible stories should not be forgotten and hurlburts stories of the bible contains a fine selection nature legends are another source of stories and they form part of our heri tage from the first canad ians this is the red indians sto ry of how the chipmunk got his stripes read this aloud or tell it from memory to your small son or daughter or have your school age child read it aloud to you cmce there were no chip munks only squirrels and the squirrels were the same bright merry little animals they are now unfortunately a strange disease broke out among a cer tain tribe of indians as they had no medicine man they were in a very sad plight day by day more fell sick and al though they tried all the reme dies they knew npne of them seemed to do any good the animals in that district heard about this sickness and they held a council to discuss it the big councilring of all the animals was not at al friendly to the poor indians for as the bear said why should we worry about his troubles he never does us any good by nancy cleaver and he ever kills some of us for food with his bow and arrow there was only one animal who dared to speak up i fa vor of the indians and that was the sma red squirrel glanc ing a little nervously at the bg animals near him when it came his turn he said bravely well this sickness is pretty tough luck on the tribe if we cando something to help them i think that we should the bear glowered at him j who are you to oppose me he asked i too have one vote in tills council the squirrel replied the bear became frightfully angry and in a gust of passion he leaped at the squirrel and grabbed him in his two front paws he would teach this im pudent little fellow a lesson the squirrel was terribly frightened but he struggled hard to get away the bears claws dug into his sides with a last frantic effort the squirrel scrambled out of his clutches and ran away as fast as he could the bear followed him for a short distance but he soon gave up the chase and grumbling to himself he re turned to the council ring the little squirrel ran on and on until he was out of breath he was afraid to hide in the forest for fear one of the ani mals should catch him in the dark his scratches were hurt ing in desperation he went to the door of a wigwam and sought refuge the indian asked him in and took care of him they became good friends the great god manitou gave to the squirrel as a reward for his courage at the councilring the gift of knowledge and the ability to use the indians language so the squirrel was able to tell his host how to make med icines from the gums of pine spruce and balsam and the bark of the slippery elm the sick indians were gradually healed by taking the medicine at the same time the squirrels sides got better but the scars re mained next year the squirrel built his home beside the wigwam the new little family of squir rels had stripes on their sides just like their fathers the indians named them chip munks ever since that time both the squirrels and chip munks have been the friends of man and like to live near his home copyright report from parliament by mlehael starr mp ontario riding march 16 1955 once again we have heard a debate on the canadian broad casting corporation and the pol icy of the governfhent in re spect to television the argu ment presented again was to the effect that private stations should be given an opportun ity to compete with govern mentowned stations in this field more arguments will be heard this session on this same subject when the matter comes before the standing committee of the house on march 17th and 18th i again had the pleasure of wel coming to ottawa a group of 38 students from the two col- legiates in oshawa an interest ing schedule was drawn up for their stay and they seemed to enjoy themselves as well as derive a great deal of informa tion on the work of parliament in canada this trip was sponsored fin ancially by the ukrainian busi ness and professional mens club of oshawa they deserve a great deal of credit and com mendation for this undertak ing the oppovtunity they af forded to the students who made this visit to ottawa can not be calculated in dollars and cents other clubs who are see king a worthwhile project can well undertake a similar trip for students in the high school age the budget is expected to be announced on april 4th and there is a great deal of specula tion as to what benefits it will contain for the average cana dian we are anxiously awaiting the bill which is expected to be introduced shortly to amend the unemployment insurance act a great many beneficial changes have been suggested but whether they will he ac cepted and incorporated into the amendment remains to be seen presently on the order pa per we have a resolution sponsored by the minlter of national health and welfare which states that it is intended to introduce a measure to am end the blind persoas act to lower the age for eligible re cipients from 21 to is years and also to increase the maximum annual incomes allowed to re cipients this measure will be wel comed by ah membcs of par- lament as well as those who will be affected by the change possibly a great deal more should be done in this category but at least this is a step in the right direction and the minis ter is to be commended on bringing forth this measure again we have on the order paper a bill presented by a member of the government which is an act respecting flags of canada this matter has been introduced in every ses sion of parliament for a great many years but no action has ever been taken i venture to say that the same fate awaits this proposal during the pres ent session a great deal of interest has been shown by many members in the problem of conservation of soil forest water and land use in canada one member has introduced a motion that the government should consider the advisability of calling dominion provincial confer ence in order to establish a national policy on this matt some debate has taken place on the motion and it is felt by all that some cooperative ac tion should be planned in order to preserve these resources on wednesday march 0th we had the last day on which private members could intro duce bills and resolutions from that day until the end of this present session govern ment orders and government notices of motions shall have precedence over all business except the introduction of bills questions by members and no tices of motions for the produc tion of papers the canadian federation of agriculture claims that the federal government is already applying a protective tariff policy but one says the cfa from which the farmer secures few benefits we are strongly of the opinion that since there is in canada a protective tariff policy the dairy industry is in all justice entitled to the ap plication of this policy when and where necessary on a com parable basis with that ganted other industrie- a cfa sub- nvision notes that there is no effective customs tariff rate on dairy products at present at least one recommendation made to the federal cabinet by the canadian federation of ag riculture has little chance of acceptance within the foresee able future the federation is tryjng to sell the government on the idea that payments made by any taxpayer into a rec ognized savings plan should be deductible for federal in come tax purposes the cfa liaff of the week tuy folks were real worried about me loslnj a whole pound d one week until they remembered i eo my hlr cot tffe dveles a human matterhorn one historian referring to abraham lincoln says he lowered over other men as the gigantic matterhorn towers over smaller mountains it was a fine tribute to a noble man ali great men or women have not been confined to any one race or creed or class i am thinking just now of a man i saw and heard only once but for moral stature i have seldom if ever heard his equal on the 18th of october 1875 a boy was born of the fanti tribe on the west coast of africa his ancestors for generations had been fighters revelling in the bloodiest kinds of cruel and savage warfare and often indulging in the most degraded forms of cannibalism while still a mere boy he was sent by his father to school at the gold coast and there for the first time in his life he came under the influence of white people his progress at school was remarkable he learned his lessons so quickly and thoroughly that his teachers could hardly keep pace with him no boy of such intelligence had ever attended the school and at the age of fourteen after he had passed through all the standards he was made a teacher he had also mastered several languages and became an interpreter when he was twentythree years of age aggrey visited the united states and entered livingstone college in north carolina as a student in the freshman class side by side with hundreds of americanborn students this black young man from africa took his place no student at the college took his work more seriously or made a better record than aggrey he was graduated in 1902 and was at the top of a specially able class soon after he was offered a position in livingstone college which he gladly accepted he continued to study hard himself and in 1912 secured his master of arts degree and later earned the degree of doctor of philosophy from columbia university in 1920 a very important and most carefully selected group known as the phelpsstokes commission visited africa in order to study educational matters dr james aggrey was invited to become a member of the commission the only colored man thus honoured so he returned to his native land just as he wished to study how best to help his fellow africans the commission visited all the countries of eastafrica and carefully studied the schools and colleges for natives wherever they went they also studied social conditions and indeed everything which had to do with the welfare of the african people wherever dr aggrey went in africa he captivated his audiences he addressed dozens of meetings made up of white people and they were completely won over to him when they saw him and heard him speak he addressed large meetings in cape town and in many other important towns and cities the rhand daily mail an influential south african newspaper said dr aggrey is probably the most highly educated man in the world if the whites of africa were charmed by dr aggrey the black people were if possible even more enthusiastic on one occasion he spoke to an audience of at least five thousand some of whom had walked one hundred miles to hear him dr acorey again visited africa in 1924 soon after his return to london england plans were made for a great native college to be built at achimota in africa and he was appointed to an important position on the college staff and had a great deal to do with the plans for the truly magnificent institution the first of its kind in africa unfortunately dr aggrey did not live to enjoy for long his college about which he had dreamed so much he died very suddenly while on a visit to america in the summer of 1927 when he was just a little over fiftyone years of age testimonies to his noble character came from three continents the canon of washington cathedral said in my long acquaintance with dr aggrey i have never known him to act from any except the purest motives his was a clean life and an unsullied purpose i believe that the service that he has rendered to the people of the dark continent can be compared with what booker washington did in a similar way in the united states principal fraser of the prince of wales college at achimota said he was a delightful man to live wih full of good humor never taking offence and always looking on the bright side of things he was most devoted to his peole and his country and was unsparing of himself he was equally ready to spend his time and labour over the poorest as over the most powerful he tens one ol the purest men i have ever met our quotation today by wendell philipps here and there a man forgets himself into immortality the stouffville tribune thursday march 24 1955 pae z business directory brierbush hospital dental neil c smith lds dds graduate of university of toronto office oter canadian bank ot commerce telephone 167w stouflvtlle e s barker lds dds honor graduate ot university of toronto office over harolds grill rhone 271 w stouffville medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office corner of obrien main phone 196 coroner for york county dr f j button dr g f buckley telephone 371 s75w xray hours daily 9 to 12 am and 130 to 300 pm evenings 7 to 9 pm sundays 11 to 12 am and by appointment ollico over button blk drs mitchell smith physicians surgeons xray rhone 230 stouffville office hours daily 912 am 14 pm 79 pm wednesday office closed in am sunday office open 23 pm chiropractors a c kennedy chiropractor church street stouffville monday and friday 9 to 12 am oprometric argues that this privilege is al ready permitted for payments made by individuals into ap proved pension schemes a similar concession should thus be granted to selfemployed per sons or persons not covered by pension plans who are trying to make adequate provision for their old age tax officials question the workability of the scheme due to the infinite var iety of ways by which selfem ployed persons and other out side pension schemes seek to provide for this contingency tbififiraraaratararatiraawaatararararafav stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply your requirements of crashed gra vel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phone 125 office phones 370 ym and when electricity was discovered there were those who made light of it e a grubin ro optometrist picton stoullvillo at stouffville office on the fol lowing mondays and tuesdays afternoons and evenings only april 4th 5th liny 2nd a 3rd 30th 31st phones 80j2 and 25j1 garnet v gray ro optometrist honre d30 am to 500 pm every tuesday evening by appointment wm birkett residence main st west 3 doors west ot albert st phono 40j2 for appointment insurance birkett son general insurnnco agency stouffville ontario insurance in reliable companies at reasonable rates prompt service phones 259wl and 259w2 ken laushway general insurance phone 270wl 270w2 stouffville ont fire automobile liability f g aisop insurance stouffville out fire life auto casualty 10th year in business main st enst ptiono 223w fred m pugh general insuranco phono stouffville 38w2 what if the unexpected would happen today how would your dependents fare consult your local mutual life of canada representative fred m pugb there is little drinking to excess in the home where there is little access to drinking accountants john c wylie fcis chartered secretary public accountant auditor income tax returns rit2 stouffville telephone oiji hair dressing permanenu machine machlncless cold waves also hair styling for appointment 6ti pll stlllfllllle tjt miss a zeiier mill street insure today the coop way for information enquire at your local coop or write to john sytema newmarket ph 211j4 wamaajjw joy 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