Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), March 14, 1963, p. 2

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tf 2 the stowfyiue tiusunf iknjir maui 14 1963 editorial how much can people handle there is a great deal of overlap- pin of weeks and months in this country so that sustained inter est in everything is almost too much to expect of people in the month just concluded we have had heart month and in the middle of the month came brotherhood week and boy scout week to say noth ing of our local hospital campaign and sales of draw- tickets for one event and another undoubtedly those who foster and sponsor these weeks and months as well as the local drives for one thing and another all worthy are quite sincere in their efforts to call attention to various organiza tions however people can only ab sorb so much propaganda in any given time wouldnt it be in the interest of all concerned to space these things out so there wouldnt be such a con flict of interests in many instances this shouldnt be too hard to do since the premier in which many things are observed is called upon to give the project his official blessing he would simply have to say sorry folks this week or month is spoken for try to choose another red cross to the rescue the wonderful work of the red cross both on a local and interna tional scale has become a symbol of aid the world over when this help ing hand is extended from one muni cipality into another within hours of the reported occurrence then the impact of the organizations program is revealed in reality on monday afternoon of last week two families including ten children were made homeless when fire swept through their rented two storey home at bloomington the embers had not cooled before plans were being formulated by the red cross centre in toronto and a branch executive in pickering township to take care of the immediate require ments of the destitute in addition to personal contact with the families themselves the red cross also was in touch with the ladies auxiliary of the stouffville legion the stouffville lions club and interested individuals through their swift action the wheels were put into rapid motion to take care of the parents and childrens needs every year the pickering town ship and village branch of the red cross makes a complete canvass throughout both these municipalities for financial assistance to carry on this marvellous work without doubt there are many channels where these funds can be spent right at home but the pickering executive has seen fit to extend its aid into another town ship and county march is red cross month across canada what an ex cellent advertisement how far i residents of stouffville will read this week with particular chagrin about the heavy boost in taxes which they will have to shoulder this year for some years the town has been fortunate in being below average in taxes for the facilities provided however the time has arrived when the local tax burden is beginning to hurt and hurt seriously not only the private home owner but the business man as well from all appearances this is nob the end and next year the rates could be even higher how far can we go along this line if one equates all the facts there appears to be only one conclusion this is that govern ment must step into the picture to give either a different system of assessment or a takeover of certain facilities which the municipalities themselves can no longer pay for of all the money collected in taxes less than half is controlled by the local council in fact some coun cillors contend that there is less than a hundred thousand dollars which they can juggle about for any savings the opinion that government must take a hand has been expressed officially within the last couple of weeks in both markham township and stouffville councils biggest drag on the municipal tax bill is education over which the council has little or no control and likewise with the county spending for their part the school boards cry that they are caught in the squeeze their obligation to provide educational facilities for all the pupils in the area and the outcry and crit icism of the taxpayers who must foot the bills the school boards say they can do nothing they clain the teach ers union is milking the law of supply and demand to the very limit and teachers who could not even rate a b category with an inspector can de mand and get a fantastic salary de spite a poor record the situation is serious and de spite the governments multimillion dollar grants they are still far short can we go of keeping pace with the expense government must put on some curbs and cover as well the city boards who continue to build and provide all types of glorified facilities for their build ings it appears that the local council is realizing the seriousness of whats happening to the tax rate as they practically turned thumbs down on any residential development which could do little but add to town ex pense industrial and commercial additions are a must at this stage where assessment is top heavy with homes more than 75 it would appear that we are beset with new and added expenses on all sides the current federal election campaign has brought out further suggestions which while assisting the country as a whole will further aggravate the educational expense the suggestion has been to extend the baby bonus in order to keep students in school by so doing it is hoped to not only give new members of the labor force a better education but to keep students out of the labor force as an assistance to unemploy ment while we doubt if an extra 120 a year government handout to low income families would be much of an enducement to keep johnny in school it doesnt take much of an imagination to see what it could do to the already strained school bud gets a obvious solutions to these prob lems will not be easy one thing is sure we are getting near the end of the line so far as municipal taxation goes local municipalities such as ours can help some by making the buildup of nonresidential assess ment their number one effort how ever we dont think this will be enough as only moderate success can be hoped for in this connection and it will remain with the provincial government to come up with some intelligent planning on what can be done to keep its local municipalities out of the red go home young man how often have you stood on the street sat at home in a chair or as a matter of fact almost anywhere nd heard young people from ten to eighteen years of age repeat the old wornout phrase i wish i had some thing to do well in this day and age there are many many things you could be doing have you helped wash the car lately or have you helped with the dishes how long has it been since you did a favour for someone a little visit to a friend who is ill or helping an elderly person pass an hour or two ken zeller grade 12 listening to your dreams of how youre going to alter the universe when you get older this is a land of golden opportunity whether you be ten or sixty before you repeat i wish i had something to do stop and think all around you is plenty to do the world doesnt owe you a living there fore your town doesnt owe you en tertainment so stop crying and get busy to day the reward will more than triple your small donation from day to day and when you reach your twenties you will remember how vital these trivial things were editors mail stouffville ont the editor stouffville tribune dear sir having read your editorial comment last week and other letters in the editors email i teel it is about time someone expressed an opinion that might be in support of the councils decision it is not my intention or de sire to start a controversy over the way our council handled the resignation of one of our police constables but rather to express an opinion as a tax payer i personally attend a number of the regular council meetings during the year i have always felt our council handles the towns business in a right for ward manner i dont always agree with all their decisions and would be the first to say so when i do agree i should support them having attended the regular council meeting when the re signation and delegation in question was finalized i should like to support the council 100 in the way this matter was handled i do not belive that public matters should be done secretly but let me suggest to you it is not always in the best interest to head line the paper with certain information that does determine the action of council or any elected body deailng with public matters the resig nation was read at the meeting by the clerk i cannot see how the council had any other alter native but to accept it if they had refused to accept this resignation they would have been doing an injustice to ask one to continue on in an environment that was not satisfactory to himself after all we are supposed to have freedom of choice if council had requester his resignation that would have been a far different picture i belive the officer has done a good work with the young lads and i am sure there are many parents who appreciate his efforts i have every respect for the group of young people who were present to present a peti tion to council in my opinion under the circumstances this petition should have been pre sented to the officer asking him to reconsider his decision this would have placed the council in a much different position in closine i should like to ask you the taxpayer how can we expect good men to de vote their time and talent to the towns business if all we give them is criticism i suggest to you it is becom ing increasingly more difficult to get men to stand for these positions if we are not willing to stand behind and support them as our representatives i predict the time will come when we will have to find some different system of control which will be more expensive and of a remote nature signed w d atkinson t f th of clothing- asjmalf catches on lounging pyjamas dinner wear evening wear for nighttime cattino changed hll last tme- hey thats my best tie nolo for the pipe and slippers by the way addison names party officers john addison liberal can didate in the april 8 federal election met with his liberal workers at the compass restau rant last week to discuss the future campaign operations about 145 campaign workers attended fred hare temper- anceville was named campaign manager and george richard son newmarket area chair man although citrus fruit juice prices have soared in recent months due primarily to the severe frost damage to florida groves there is no need for consumers to panic we can get all of our vitamin c requirements from our own canadian apple and tomato juices so says the consumer section canada department of agriculture practically all of the apple juice on the market is vitaminized now and it must contain definite standards of vitamin c three ounces of the juice will provide the daily requirement tomato juice has less vitamin c than citrus juice but if you drink an 8ounce glass you will get your daily quota the recent florida fruit freeze has helped to point up the increasing trend among canadians to purchase imported fruits and vegetables for example our per capita consump tion of citrus fruits is oneof the highest in the world but our per capita consumption of apples is one of the lowest this is hard to understand in an apple producing country like canada in 1960 our per capita consumption of citrus fruits divided almost equally between fresh fruit and juice was about 66 pounds at the same time apple consumption was only 27 pounds of which 8 pounds was consumed as juice if we ate apples at the same rate as we do citrus fruit it would take care of the average canadian crop if we ate an apple a day not only would we keep the doctor away but production would have to be doubled to meet the demand something to think about isnt it apples are good caloric investment for careful dieters one mediumsized apple contains only about 60 calories this not only satisfies the appetite for desserts but provides the needed acids to aid good digestion the sugar in the fruit is readily absorbed and supplies the body with energy apples also contain some minerals and vitamins because of their crisp texture eating raw apples provides exercise for the jaws and at the same time helps to stimulate the gums and clean the teeth when apples are taken from our modern controlled atmosphere storage plants they are as good as the day they went in so we can enjoy them at practically every season however after being in a cold temperature they wont stay crisp and juicy very long if they arent kept cool at home why is it that we canadians dont eat more apples surely we must be taking this faithful friend for granted or perhaps its importance is overlooked in the maze of attract ive packaging and advertising of other products all competing for our attention whateverthe reason its time for us to take another look and eat an apple every day does the stouffville district need a musical festival after listening to some of the classes last week at the lions third annual music festival i am convinced that we do indeed have a great deal of talent here perhaps no potential glen gould or teresa stratas though who knows the contestants cer tainly impressed the adjudicators with the quality of their performance our teachers both private and class instructors are to be congratulated for the high standards resulting from their efforts but what happend to the folks who should have been there to encourage and support the competitors and what happen ed to the competitors in the choral singing and choral orchard park public school the town of stouffville has three schools the main difference in these three is the fact that orchard park public school has no gymnasium for its students on the other hand summitview public school has a gym nasium for its girls and boys and the high school expects to have a double gymnasium in a year in our growing community the need for recreational facilities is in creasing especially in the winter months although both public schools have skating rinks and regular re cesses proper training can be given only in a supervised classroom or gym orchard park has neither of these about five years ago the building for orchard park school was planned for grades one to six and kindergar ten it may have been thought at the time that a gymnasium was not a necessity for the students last year however new addi tions were constructed to provide classrooms for students of grades needs a gymnasium rodger mole grade 13 seven and eight and the auxiliary class the new facilities showed the increasing number of older public school students and the increasing need for physical training yet ihere was no gymnasium included since physical education is com pulsory in high schools and the re sponsibility of physical trairirg not only in the ability of the teacher but also in the hands of the parents the parents should promote a gymnasium emphasis regarding the matter could be shown at the home and school meetings it seems however that people are afraid to put the physical train ing of their children ahead of a few more dollars on their taxes the majority of the parents unfortunately do not realize the problem and the training their children need before entering high school orchard park public school students will not get the proper physical training they need while growing unless that school gets a gymnasium t touffmlle iribiute khtarlished iso member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association autfcorlxed a treondcln mall po5 dfpu ottawa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 450 c h nolan publisher jas thomas editor ias mckean advertimnjr speaking classes for urban or grade schools our two local schools were well represented in most classes but why was there no competition from markham or other schools in the district the only entry in junior church choirs was from central united church at unionville no other junior church choirs in existence what a shame when we are fortunate in having the adjudications ot the calibre of mr florence aymong of toronto university mr eldon brethour and mr john weatherseed of the royal conservatory of music all of whom adjudicate at major city festivals across canada it is disappointing to them to the lions club and to the young artists that there isnt greater interest and more competition in every class quite apart from the advantages of public performance festivals can be of tremendous value in improving the standard or level of achievement of both performer and teacher the practicing of test material the striving for perfection the spirit of rivalry and then the criticisms and comments ot the adjudicators all combine to develop talent and artistry and provide an objective to reach we heard some excellent talent last week too bad you werent there to enjoy it too next year well look forward to more enthusiastic support and greater participation in this fine proving ground of musical achievement to justify my temerity in making these criticisms i i sign myself anne ross lrsm mm w sugar and spice mommai by bill smile a month from now it will be all over have you decided yet which way youre going to vote its tough isnt it the experts tell us theres only one real issue in this election that of nuclear arms well im telling them right now if they cant think of something a little brighter than that to vote for or against they neednt expect me to vote at all lets say just for the sake of argument that im an ordinary canadian voter which i am who is flatly opposed to nuclear arms for canada which i am who the heck am i going to vote for diefendummer says we wont have any of these atrocities in canada sort of but if a war starts hell blow his whlstla and stop the play while we sent a couple of trucks down to detroit or somewhere and pick up nuclear noses for those bonehcads or whatever they call them that the yanks un loaded on us makes me go all hot and cold when i think that i voted for that fellow one time then theres lesser person lesser reminds me of th girl who sang in the choir and taught sunday school but took a drink one night on a sleighride and now dances third from the left in the chorus line at the purple garter lesser who once remarked sensibly that hed rather be red than dead who once won the nobel peace prize now wanls to press those hideous heads into the hot little hands of our gallant lads in uniform how could i vote for him and of course we have that new party tweedledum vows that the party wouldnt touch nuclear arms with a 10 foot tory tweedlcdce says the party will accept limited use of nuclear arms tweedledum says to tweedledee comment ca va bob engllsh translation hows that again bub tweedledee informs quebec audience that the party wouldnt touch nuclear arms with an 11 foot tory id like them to ba a little more explicit is it to be no nuclear arms for anybody or just a sprinkling here and there or no nuclear arms for quebec theres only one parly left its been left for years and will probably be left again on election day the grinning leader of the intlecpccs somewhere in here among all th jokes has stated unequivocally that his party is against nuclear arms at home or at school at work or at play doea this mean that because its the only party that agrees with me i have to vote socialist whether i want to or not i told you this oneissue business was ridiculous th sooner the politicians get back to some good oldfashioned election issues the sooner well all know where were at you know the sort of thing i mean higher salaries for everybody and lower taxes for all free dentures for every body who believes in fluoridation government subsidies for credit card carriers free twist lessons for all over 80 months supply of oil free on april fuel day we want some thing the voter can get his teeth into not this tasteless rubbery nuclear nonsense what about a shot in the arm for bilinguallsm and there by canadian unity more french in the schools would do it and i dont mean text books the party that premised it would import a few thousand parisian models and plunk them on our leaching staffs would be doing more to create national unity than all the shredded wheat boxes printed in french and english between here and trols rivieres what im looking for is a straightforward party of th old school that will offer a solid program of the type were familiar with outlawing liquor and lowering the legal drink ing age free medical care for every man who can prove in triplicate that hes dying of an incurable disease polygamy with all household expenses to be shared equally by the work ing wives a chicken in every jaguar nuclear arms my foot if they keep up that foolishness ill vote and i think i can swing my wife for mahatma ghandi f i

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