j th stouffviui tmtuht fwvd uk 17 i960 c h tebf touffuilir urtimnr btaeushed ot a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association autbonrrfi aj iccaodcijjs m1l pojtcriic ocfu ottawa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere s150 noun pialislwf jas thomas m ias mckean atkcrtsi editorial unwarranted criticism vv were rather disappointed and somewhat disgusted las wfv to learn that a rural resident of pick ering township had issued a rather bitter written complaint against the workweary employees of the road department for consistently tilling in his driveway and covering up his mailbox with snow we would question l he thinking behind such unwarranted criticism at the height of the storm and im mediately following the big blow the township roadmen worked almost aroundtheclock to keep the passages open saturday and sunday saw no relief by monday night all thorough fares had been cleared this hectic program was repeated in two succes sive weeks and one need only to drive down some of these rural roads to witness the obstacles that they en countered if these problems were not pnough lo and behold we discover that one taxpayer has been required to shovel out hi laneway entrance a few times and even uncover his mailbox we would state that this citizen is fortunate that he had not joined the ranks of his country cou sins a few years ago when it was not uncommon for residents to shovel out entire miles of roads and by hand too this ninth concession ratepayer was not the only one to register a complaint in both pickering and whitchurch townships residents be came irritated when the snowplow wing clipped off a number of mailbox posts personally 1 cannot under stand how any were missed with visibility at times almost nil and with roadside banks like miniature moun tains it must have been difficult for machine operators to keep their equipment between the telephone posts the rather abusive letter sub mitted by the pickering ratepayer is little commendation for a job well done it no doubt is taking up valu able space in the township files when its rightful place should be in the nearest trash can lets not be prejudiced ills gas explosion that partially destroyed a bungalow residence in stouffville oh saturday afternoon and rendered a family of six temporarily homeless is indeed a rather shocking occurrence we should however not let ourselves become prejudiced against a service that ha been tried tested and accepted in other commun ities we do not pretend to minimize the destructive powers of this fuel but we have also witnessed scenes of destruction caused by oil hydro etc and the results have been equally devastating for some unknown reason gaa tax co host people are interested only in their tax dollar and dont give one hoot where they live that was a statement made by reeve sherman scott of pickering township at a re cent meeting with metro planning director murray lones the reeve of course was speak ing for the bulk of residents who had acquired property within the muni cipality in perhaps the last three to five years he suggested that his statement did not apply to the long- lime landowners whose forefathers explosions are frontpage news stor ies other more tragic events are often minimized and even deleted but gas gets full coverage press radio and television we the resi dents of stouffville should not be too quick to condemn this service until it is given a fair trial the explosion on saturday is indeed unfortunate not only for members of one family but also for the consumers gas co their efficiency and cooperation here has been above all censure we should not permit one minor imperfection to break down a reputation thai has been proven elsewhere nscious were pickering pioneers although many newcomers might resent this lack of loyalty charge a truer word was never spok en the runofthemill subdivision resident with no real stake in the community is for the most part only interested in what services he can obtain and for how much money for the majority the village town or township is merely a haven for the night in the morning he is gone as a municipality grows this trend be comes even more apparent to live or die a should this week we received a letter from a local resident in which she advocated the continuance of capital punishment as a form of crime pre vention we cannot agree with the writers feeling on this very conten tious matter it is a proven fact that some in nocent people have been executed we contend that if one individual has been unjustly committed to the gallows then it is time to call an question no human answer abrupt halt to such barbaric customs who are we to rule on the question of life or death the everpresent possibility of human error is a risk that a civilized people should not take we feel that public opinion is begin ning lo lean heavily toward a per manent ban on the eye for an eye revenge campaign anyone who re tains a personal feeling on this con troversial issue may use this column to air his views wotch out for the fasttalkers the time has rolled around again for local organizations the merchants and householders too to take a long look at the various schemes proposals and what have you which are pre sented to them each year by indi viduals who come into the community with assorted promotion gimmicks such as programs books book covers and other articles designed as revenue gatherers last year it is safe to say thai in stouffville these outside promoters made off with several thousand dollars fortunately not everyone loses out one merchant told us some time ago that he got really peeled for quite a sum a few years ago and since then has saved himself considerable by giving a firm no to all strangers who approach him on promotional schemes true some of the ideas have highsounding motives but investiga tion usually shows that the man sell ing it makes it worthwhile chiefly for himself the slogan investigate before you invest could surely be taken more seriously in this community as well as elsewhere plan penalty for weeds properly owners who ief tions to municipal and county lan with regulations previous to destroy noxious weeds vvtll be weed inspectors and prescribes legislation delaved enforcement faced with prosecution and a the authority of each until it was too late 10 control fine this er under legislation when an owner fail lo mm- ihe spread of the seed introduced in the legislature ply with an order to destroy nov i mr goodfellow alo introduc- last week by agriculture mini- ions weeds he faces prosecution ed amendments to the warble ter goodfellow and th inspector i authorized fly control act and a hill lo the btll give exphcit desipna in destroy the weeds in accord- 1 dispo of dead animals- way back when i xhoald lufe nsclcd there wk sane reason why yoa waoled to cmik tm d early sugar and spice every st patricks day 1 try lo write a column about the irish and every year 1 give it up as a bad job what can you say about the irish good or bad that they have not already said about themselves being the greatest talkers and writers on the fate of the earth about ninetyfour percent of this talking and writing is pure irish blather hut the remainder is as tine and true as anything that has come from tongue or pen im no authority on the irish and 1 promise that anyone who finds a single begorrah in this column may clobber me with a leprechaun but it behooves me as a student of the highways and byways the odds and sods to peer through the fog and squelch through the bog in an honest effort to find the real essence of the irish fortunately for the cause of pure research there are horde or genuine authorities on ire land and the irish they are all irishmen of course no nation on earth has found itself so fas cinating as the irish no people has ever examined itself with such untiring delight such hope less disgust most of the confusion about hie irish must rest with their writers the brooding turbulent hilarious soaring language of their poets storytellers and dramatists has tumbeld into our ken an irishman who is half- man ha if myth half clown halfhero if we listed all the hue things the irish have to say alouf themselves wed have them down as loyal to the death witty as all hell funloving handsome deeply religious sen sitive anil with a line disdain for the material things of life to mention only few self- bestowed virtues and if we listed all ihe sorry things irishmen call themselves wed put down cowardly trea cherous simpleminded mor es ugly as sin deeply profane coarse as crows and with a shrewd eye for a shilling to name but a xew selfbestowed vices this is to say thai lh irish ore just like everybody else which of course n ridiculous and any irishman worth his weight in boiled potatoes will attack this slander at the drop of a crock theres one thing about the irish lor example that stands but like the head on a draught of guinness aside of course j from the fact that theyie bad- tempered garrulous inconsist- j ent selfpitying lyrical hum- citrous warmhearted and en- j tirely charming and that one thing is the mem ory of them they have a mem ory that would make a self- respecting elephant wind his trunk around his left ear in an ccmasy of embarrassment the irish have never forgotten any thing which w at once their curse and their glory an irishman just one jump out of the hog will remind you with some disdain that the em erald isle was a centre of learn ing a cultured christian courv j try when the british were just j climbing out of their coracles and wiping the woad off their facts and good for him but the same fellow will tell you the reason he hates the english is because of the rough treat ment his folk got from crom well to hear him tell it youd think it had been 1m hallow- en ot vl years ago i l by bill smiley another thing youll notice about the irish is their immense selfsatisfaction who else would excuse the possession of a foul temper by declaring proudly i guess its the irish in mej one more national trh is tiieir glee in throwing cold wa ter they dont really mean it but show an irishman a silver lining and hell show you a black cloud however it takes all kinds to make a world and some of my best friends are irish hut how would you like your sis ter to marry one well my sis ters brother married one and i tell you imys you never know whether its a kiss or a kick youll he getting lesson pauls vovagk to romk acts 271 to 2815 coidkn tkxt i ran do all things through christ which strengilieiietli me phil 413 lesson lor march 20 tre ikssox as a wholk approach to ihe lesson rome was the political and commercial capital of a vast em pire there was already a chris- tion colony in ihe city bui paul yearned lo add his testimony lo thai of ihe roman believers to preach the gospel in rome and ultimately to press on beyond llaly to spain rom 1 is j5 24i in tile lasf chapters of acts luke traces ihe apostles route from palestine lo rome the au thor was an eyewitness of the exciting events i ihe use of we and us acts 2717 282 10 16 the ship on which paul and his fellow prisoners embark ed sailed from caesarea hug ged ihe coasl of palestine ihen cut across ihe mediterranean toward asia minor with ihe isl and of cyprus on the right and the sea to he lefl at myra on ihe coasl of asia minor the passengers were transshipped for italy 276 stopping briefly at ihe eastern end of crete ihe vessel pressed on westward along the southern shore of ihe island ihen ihe storm hit it was a continuous tempestuous blast the 276 voyagers were in morlal peril mighly waves ferocious winds and ihe treachery of ihe sailors threatened their lives at lenglh ihe ship ran aground and foundered all passengers reached shore ill safely strand ed on malta they were kindly welcomed by the residents and after ihiee months reembarked for italy putcoli the harbor of naples was their destination thence paul travelled by land lo rome f ife arrived noi vviih the liberty t of movement he had known on his ihree missionary journeys i bill as a missionary in chains a prisoner of rome lie had ap- j pealed lo caesar 2511 he i could expect no freedom until j his appeal had been heaid and weighed and until an imperial verdici hat been rendered the heart of the lcsson gods purposes never fail his j will is perfect e doeth all things well no servant of god will die until his mission is ac- complished no sioi m ai sea no j human cunning no vipers sting j can defeat the plans of the al mighty paul knew all this hut ii was i immensely reassuring lo him to hear the cheering words of the angel of god 2723 2s the j vessel was baiteied and driven j by the fury of the waes the hope of his fellow voyagers was j shattered rtut god had willed that paul hod he brought i lver ctcr and that every from kjrt of 1936 i i0 i feb 1936 kav work most anyone can be an editor all an editor lias to do is to sit at his dek six days in the week four weeks i in the roonlii and twelve months in the year and edit such stun as this mrs jones of lost creek let a can opener slip last week and cut herself in the pan try william tyler donald ciosson and charles nolan toronto uni versity students narrowly es caped serious injury on wednes day evening returning ot tor onto after attending the chris tian church skating patty mr tyler student pastor of tiie christian congregation was driving his own car which took j to the deep aiuh on the sih con markham alongside the barkey j farm the machine tolled over two or three times crashing through the rail fence coming to a stop against some stumps lying on its side the occupants crawled out through a broken window escaping with only mi nor bruises a towtruck brought the battered car back to town where it is being repaired the students spent the night in stouffville also a toronto bunch of hockey- ists 31 in number played a game here friday evening at bakers arena the married men competing against the men of single blessedness following the encounter which ended 15 in favor of me married group the crowd enjoyed a chicken supper al ihe mansion house where mine host blackburn served every liiing to the kings taste ii was a great outing for the city lads who thoroughly enjoyed themselves post office extension mooted there are well founded rum ours afloat thai the department of public works ollawa con templates enlarging ihe slouff- ville posl office the present quarters are now taxed and the proposed mail route lo com mence this year frorn here can not readily be accommodated in the building as it is now laid out if is said ihe office was built with the idea of removing the south wall and extending the building anytime such a move was warranted the time has now come when more space is required if an addition is added it would pro vide the caretakers quarters with a verandah upstairs over the ground floor extension stouffville is the logical center tor more mail routes than now start here and we hope ihe authorities will now provide for the extension without delay whal is believed lo be ihe largest short course in agricul ture held in ontario ihis winter came to a close here on friday with a big banquet served by tha senior womens institute lo the studenl boys and girls num bering over 200 persons con gratulations are in order for miss helen abell on winning first prize in home economies also miss kdna sinclair who won 2nd prize for proficiency in home nursing miss blanche atkinson was first in general proficiency seven leanis of horses hitched lo bobsleighs could be seen on ihe main si al one time satur day afternoon from he window of the tribune while a farmer informed us al he same time thai ihe uniled church shed was filled with teams all of which does look like old limes doesnt it many of the farm ers are unable to gel a motor car oul of the lane while num erous roads have been blocked for a week hence ihe explana tion for ihe comeback of old dobbin a delegation is lo wail on premier hepburn asking for compulsory stopping of all mo tor cars al railway crossings we canl see any use in such a law as i here is now one on ihe statute hooks against commit ting suicide march 1936 on tuesday evening ihe mun icipal council placed an order for a modern fire alarm siren to he installed in the clock tower and lo he operated dec- life on hoard should be spared nothing could thwart the divine purpose 1272 believers loday know theoret ically that god is on his throne and thai lie superintends he passage of events bin as i hey dwell in ihe word of god read its precious promises repeatedly and medilaie upon such chap tors as those now before us they should be encouraged re assured indeed thrilled with confidence the god of ihe bible ihe god of paul is their god he is ever faithful he changes nol nole too the sublime cour age of paul its basis was his confidence in god 2725 its evidence is seen in his heroic words to his distraught travel ing companions 2733 31 1 his composure as he broke bread in their midst 2735 and his se renity when ihe viper fasiened on his hand i28v if god is really in charge of all things a- the bible so clear- ly leaches why should not his dear children tuist him and courageously face the problems and even the potential disasters of life he brought paul lo home again overwhelming odds he will bting his own to glory no matter wht obstacles seem to impale his will uically from a switch in front of the hall and from one to be installed at the telephone office in the ratcliff block this latter switch for setting off the alarm will enable people to use the telephone to get prompt results for the switch board operator will only have to touch a button and the alarm will sound ftom the clock tower a renewal was received from mr tom kelliujjton rr 2 for the tribune which he had been taking for more than 40 years he remembered the day the old wood burning engine was blown up at the depot i recall it was a nice sunny day in winter and that thomas toae was stand ing on the platform at the time of explosion and was not in jured looking up the records we found that the cause of the accident referred lo was due to the new engineer putting cold water into the boiler when the water was low causing a terrific explosion which killed the engi neer fireman and woodpasser the engine had 2 fronts be cause there was no means of turning them at that time on this division and thus the en gine could be driven both ways the engien was rebuilt at ox bridge and used some yens be- fpre it was badly burned in a roundhouse fiie a ixbridge this accident would have hap pened in the lssos jan 19iu the provincial snow plough working on the highway at lin- eolnville on monday afternoon backed into the almost new cheviolet car driven by n w byer and smashed the fendei s and damaged the front of the engine mr byer was driving toward stouffville ftom good wood and the plough working in front of the stafford farm was backing away from a snow bank although two men weie in the cab mr bver said they kept no lookout and the warn ing of his horn went unheard jfitched from cutter fractures left arm not many around stouffville have seen a cutter on the roads this winter as yet and still fewer who have seen enough snowbanks lo upset such an outfit but last week mrs chris hoover 7ih con markham wai pitched heavily to the ground when driving with her son nor man later mrs hoover was taken to toionlo for iay and will be confined lo ihe hospital for a few weeks the break was a particularly bad one at the shoulder settsem builders custom built homes alterations trim work a specialty workmanship guaranteed free estimates phone chas doner ken bacon stouftville 471 w gormley 5487 ta u iu b u uui bhi asssb accaepaca emm aces oil gas coal healer for pease iron fl reman vacuum cleaning burner service sheet metal work 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