h 1 the st0uffviu tmbwi ttmruhy has h 1965 editorial growing old made more enjoyable now i wonder whe theyll do for an encore none of us enjoys the thoughts of growing old and yet theres ab solutely nothing we can do about it the mennonite churches of this community have done something however to make life for our senior citizens a good deal more pleasant and the result of this venture was un veiled to the public for the first time on the weekend the new parkview- home in stouffville was officially opened on saturday with dedication services on sunday it is a beautiful building a credit to the contractor and indeed an asset to the town the exterior is spacious and the interior is bright and cheery we were most impressed with mem bers of the staff their manner was both pleasant and cooperative quite in keeping with the important duties they must perform visitors to the home were pleas ed with what they saw and indeed they should be we heard many comments passed and all were most complimentary must be a cooperative venture the vance ambulance service of markham has approached the council here requesting a 300 subsidy to aid in the operation of their vehicle similar retainers have already been approved in markham village and markham township amounting to 00 mr vance has admitted that re gardless of whether stouffville enters into a contract or not he will respond to calls in this municipality this being the case stouffville could well jump on the bandwagon for a free ride at the expense of course of markham village and township who have agreed to terms we sincerely hope that this will not be the case the council reserved its decision at the meeting thursday rnd the reeve suggested that both the police and doctors should be consult ed we think their v views will he favourable but regardless we would hope that the council will not free- load off anothers generosity for it is only through cooperative subsidiz ation that ambulance service can be maintained as a paying proposition putting the onus on the parent markham village police plan to enforce the provisions contained in the child welfare act in an effort to curb vandalism in the town this means that no boy or girl under the age of 16 years shall be found loiter ing on the streets between the hours of 9 pm and 6 am unless accompan ied by a parent or a responsible guardian the police have indicated that one warning will be issued and on a second violation a charge will be laid against the parent this policy could arouse some protest but we agree with it 100 per cent we feel that the time has come when parents must be held respons ible for the actions of their children a slap on the wrist in juvenile court is not the answer a 10 fine in ma gistrates court may hit home a little harder fortunately stouffville police have not been plagued by this prob lem to any great extent if a damage spree was encountered here similar to what occurred in markham we would wholly endorse a similar crack down parents who dont know where their children are at night or dont care deserve to be charged it could serve as a twofold lesson both to the adult and the child a move in the right direction the current move towards union by the united church of ganada and the anglican church is certainly a step in the right direction the topic of church union is one on which we have written before the fact that we have so many different churches with so few people in each one after all as has been said many times before we are all trying to head in the same direction so why not do it together take right here in stouff ville we have five churches in addi tion to the new jehovahs witnesses hall two of these would quite easily hold all the people who regularly at tend church and sometimes even one all of these churches have a struggle financially to maintain themselves in some instances it is difficult even to find enough dollars to pay a min ister how foolish we are true there are differences in beliefs and interpretations of the bible but these are so minor com pared with the overall idea of how we should conduct ourselves on this earth so small compared to the main job of christian living we believe that the christian church that is the protestant church loses a great deal of its po tential punch hurts its image im mensely and is hampered in its public relations by all these petty divisions the anglicans and the unite3 church have the right idea but what about the presbyterians the congre- gationalists and all the rest what a wonderful thing it would be if they could all come together will you stand and be counted as a member of any town organ ization club municipal body church or other are you ready to stand up and voice your real opinion on sub jects being discussed or do you wait to see which way the wind is blowing which way the majority is going to go and then meekly go along theres been so much said about positive thinking that to most of us the term has lost any useful meaning would you believe it there are those who honestly believe that to express opposition to anything is to be guilty of a lack of positive thinking this is absolute nonsense its so bad that when a motion is placed before executive groups here and there in town members are afraid to vote against the proposal for fear of being characterized as negative thinkers has so much dirt been swept under the carpet that were afraid of taking a firm opposi tion stand various programs and various legislation is frequently introduced with the expectation that it will be blandly accepted as a wonderful thing a great idea a great boon rut the fact that the proposers say so doesnt make it so and those with knowledge and experience have not only the right but a responsibility to voice opposition on the national scene we note that the canadian chamber of com merce has taken an opposition stand to the canada pension plan it be lieves that government operated pub lic plans should be restricted to flat- rate benefits such as the old age security legislation this is positive thinking despite the fact that it ex presses opposition many many cases come up local ly in councils school boards and church boards where members vote one way and think another they have some mistaken idea that their popularity will be threatened that they will be looked on with suspicion by fellow members the truth of the matter is that they will not lose any thing but will gain respect for not being afraid to take a positive stand we rue the day when individuals will confuse the word positive with the word affirmative and will believe that it is proper for us to be yes men fth touffntllc xhmt established llll member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association aalbertiw feandelim mll ttlrgt dpt otuwt member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 1400 elsewhere 5600 c h nolan publisher jas thomas editor jas mckjean advertuuif r editors mail harold st stouffv june 7 1965 the tribune stouffville ont dear sir with respect to the item that appeared in may 27th issue of the tribune concerning a fence on my neighbours property i would like it understood that work on the fence had not yet been started when i wrote to the council asking that some limits should be placed on its height the fence has now been com pleted much to my satisfaction and i have no complaints what soever concerning its construc tion sincerely mrs chas tindall how to treat your minister sunday school times in all the years that i have gone to a christian church i can remember only one sermon dealing with the congregations treatment of a minister al though this subject is seldom dealt with especially by minis ters who are in somewhat of an awkward position to do so it needs to be considered churches need to know how to treat their ministers here are several bib lical ways first treat him with respect he is called by god to proclaim the gospel of christ and to be a shepherd to your soul the apostle paul urged the church in thessalonica to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake to timothy he spoke let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of dou ble honour especially they who labour in the word and doc trine a strange request this leads us to the second consideration for our relation ship to our pastor it is a strange one twice in the new testament the apostle paul called for the brethren not only to be followers of christ but as he said be ye followers of me in corinthians he further ad vises christians to submit to their ministers the author of hebrews speaks in the same vein remember them which have the rule over you who have spoken unto you the word of god whose faith follow con sidering the end of their con versation obey them that have the rule over you and sub mit yourselves for they watch for your souls today we do not want anyone over us but vhe new testa ment says that we are to sub mit to the minister this sounds so foreign to our ears yet perhaps churches would be happier if they followed this bib lical course recently a pastor left a large church the reason the people would not follow his leadership the third way in which to treat your minister is to pray for him this was the request of the writer to the hebrews pray for us many times christians pray for relatives the church and missionaries hut forget to pray for the pas tor your minister is flesh and blood just as you are he has his trials and temptations just as you do into hi life cstc heartaches similar to yours the pastor of a local church is faced with a hard task for he must answer to god for the spiritual health of his church pray for him the way of pray er is better than the way of destructive criticism the fourth way to treat your minister is to remember to thank him showing gratitude will help him and will bless the church jesus once healed ten lepers only one remembered to say thank you such is human nature the ministry can some- by bill smiley some woes on women there is something deeply disturbing about the attitude toward life of the modern north american woman men havent really changed much basically since julius caesar and his boys crossed the rubicon they still like to make war and make love they still drink more than is good for them they still like playing games better than improving their property they still have some romance and illusion in their souls they still loathe facing up to family problem in little talks with their mates take a modern politician drape him in a toga and hed be right at home in the senate of ancient rome take a mod ern general hang a suit of armour and a helmet on him stick him on a horse and you wouldnt- know him from a crusader of the middle ages but take a modern woman put of her modern kitchen away from her walltowall broadloom and dump her in a thatchedroof cottage with outside facilities and no detergents and what would you have a screaming meemie thats what youd have even if mr and mrs will shakespeare lived in the thatched cottage next door this comment is written more in sorrow than in anger i dont put all the blame on the creatures themselves i think their greedy materialism relentless reality and total lack of appreciation of the finer things in life like their husbands are a result of the stresses of the age too much warmed- over psychology too much hardsell advertising they all want to look like paris models but they dont do enough physical work and they eat too much so they get fat theres a stress right there they all want their children to be handsome and brilliant so they spend thousands of dollars straightening the kids eyes and teeth and pushing them at school and nagging them about mic lessons and comparing them unfavourably with kids who are handsome and brilliant their own kids natural ly respond by getting fat and pimply needing braces and glasses growing neurotic and failing their exams another stress they all want their husbands to be a combination of richard burton j p morgan and caspar milquetoast thats a little rough io come by these days so they take it out on the poor adam they got out of the grabbag frustration and guilt two more stresses they crave securtiy more and more of it so they push their men harder and harder to build up a bigger and bigger estate and more and more insurance in order that they can join the hordes of lonely widows in florida sitting around telling each other what a grand chap poor herman was before he worked himself to death 30 years ago they all want to be loved and cherished and they spend all their time complaining about their health their children their husbands and all the things other women have that they dont whos going to love and cherish a walkietalkie with a builtin whine they all want to be beautiful and they all go around with lips pressed tight mouth turned down and a big scowl when was the last time you heard your wife singing jack theres only one solution of course for the girls and it would not be a popular one the answer is back to the scrub- board and the sewingmachine the vegetable garden and the preserving kettle i would not have you think these few observations are offered in an unkindly spirit they are merely the result of overhcanng a conversation today between my old battleaxe and her sidekick across the street for half an hour they vied with each other in relating with chapter and verse what useless articles bill and john incidentally two of the sweetest guys in town turned out tc be times tend to be z thankless task but you can help to reme dy this some have thought that a pastor should get no bouquet lest his head get too big- but a little thank you never hurt anyone it is partic ularly good to remember him on special days such as christmas the gift might noi be great hut your thoughtfulness will mean much criticized despised crucified finally and most important treat your minister with love ministers have been criticized despised and crucified but bible churches should have bible ways let us look at 1 corinthians 13 and measure our love to our minis by this spiritual yardstick are we pati ent are we kind is it a kind ness that extends to action are we jealous of the pastor and his position do we act rudely when he does not agree with us is our congregation selfish not fulfilling its obligation to sup port him adequately docs he irritate us by his ways and his preaching to the point that we become extremely critical of him are we glad when he makes a slip or do we rejoice with him in his victories are we slow to expose his faults or do we pass them on let us resolve only to love our minister and his family and to put off all those negative qualities that just do not belong in the christian life roamin around a book entitled with the wind in my face is soon to be published the author is mr jan falkowski of uxbridge a renowned fighter pilot with the polish airforce during world war ii his many exciting experiences are contained within the books 250 pages and we would recommend it as a prize possession for any home or public library mr falkow ski is in fact such an amazing man that no descriptive por tion of his lifestory could ever surpass reality he began his memoirs twelve years ago and when nearly completed he laid it aside at that time the book market was hooded with war stories and he felt that his would only run with the rising tide following a crashlanding in a bc muskeg when both he and his wife were all but given up for dead he decided to return to his task it is now ready to go to press possibtv next week the front cover presents a scene so exiting in it self that one is forced to delve into the facts contained within it shows the writer plunging earthward as his disabled hurri cane goes down in flames following the invasion of his coun try by germany in 1939 mr falkowski escaped by plane truck and train to france when france was overrun by the germans he joined the raf in england and later was made commanding officer of polish squadron 303 six times he was decorated for bravery including the vir tuti milt tari a medal equal to the victoria cross he received the distin guished flying cross from the king and the polish distin guished service order on four occasions he was twice shot down in action twice wounded and twice captured by the enemy he escaped both times in 1941 while in combat action over england he destroyed a german bomber before it went down however his hurricane was badly riddled by bullets and he had to bale out in attempting to jump clear of the craft his one leg was broken when hit by the tail his squadron claimed a total of 204 enemy aircraft jan personally shot down 10 and teamed up with another pilot to gain half credits on another out of the 3000 pilots who took part in the historic battle of britain less than 1000 are now alive a gala reunion will be held in england on sept 15th to mark the occasion of that defensive miracle mr and mrs falkow ski plan to attend in reference to the book solicitor paul mingay of markham paid the writer this tribute in a personal letter i read every word in two sessions because i couldnt put it down we could describe it in no better way we hope to be one of the first to own a finished copy economy may be the watchword of the cnr but one day last week a freight unit rolled through stouffville con taining four dlcsel engines one car and a caboose den kidd is operating a nightshift at his machine shop west of town as the lawnmowcr repair trade continues to boom the majority of complaints are it wont work last week one fellow had a different problem he claimed he couldnt get his mower stopped john ross operator of the markham bowling centre isnt bragging too much these days although he recently shot a holelnone at a course on the don mills road the problem was the ball rolled into a ground hog hole john was all for digging it out but rather than hold up the game he charged himself two strokes congratulations to lil abraham of stouffville on win ning the ladies division of the big presidents day golf tournament at sleepy hollow on saturday deputyreeve ken laushway denies that he has a private water hookup between his home on park drive and the new well in whitchurch twp this has been suggested by some of his neighbours since his lawn is always green even in the dead heat of summer while theirs look like the sahara desert the truth of the matter is that mr laushway has installed a homemade irrigation system at the rear of his lot making use of a small stream that cuts through the area many people consider penicillin as a cureall but did you know that in the united states during the past thirteen years it has killed on an average of 1 person every 5 days whitchurch twp police will raise the elmer safety flag at the bloomlnglon public school on thursday afternoon to day at 1 pm on wednesday june 16th the two stouffville public schools will hold their annual field day competition this event has been held since 1956 it is interesting to reflect back and note the names of the various champions of that year sr shirley symes gary byer int elaine forsyth faye byer tie and norm tindall jr carol kennedy and jim malloy other senior winners to the pres ent day include clara mullen marjorie sobol bcrnadins terwoerds donna knox linda walley yvette malloy peter salmon glenn jackson richard hcinsman jim hill rick spang and pat smith its hard to helieve but some of these girls and boys are now married with families plan to attend the big dance at fred lewis premises altona on friday evening from 9 pm to midnight music is by art celsle and its all for free honda motorbikes are all the craze but sgt robt hood of markham twp police isnt too keen over the trend he feels that too many owners are inexperienced and he fears that serious accidents could result he also claims that the major ity are buying the lighter machines that cannot be easily con trolled at high speeds in heavy traffic local boy makes good this saying could apply io mr c j laurin once the chairman of the planning board in mark ham twp mr laurin is now the chairman of the metro politan toronto planning board and from all reports seems to know his business the stouffville swimming pool was a hive of aclivitiy over the weekend and the water was wonderfully warm remember folks its heated now adults only are invited every evening monday to friday from 8 to 9 pm work was started last week on the erection of a new fence along the east side and south end of the town bowling green mr les morgason and assistants are in charge of the job its a small world last week mr alex brown an ex change junior farmer from scotland visited at the home of mr and mrs john miller cone 6 whitchurch he learned that a ringwood resident mrs norman fockler had attended the same public school in 1937 near aberdeen that he had in 1951 and in fact had received instruction under the same teacher we understand that stouffville police are keeping rather close eye on gravel trucks as they enter the town limits on the 9th cone north several have received tickets either for overloads or speeding residents in that area will be pleased to know that some action has been taken in this same regard we have been watching gravel trucks lately in the bloomington area a location that has been the centre of much discussion we can honestly say that we have never seen drivers more careful than those employed by commercial sand and gravel the same thing has been ob served by the residents in the district and these folk arent prone to hand out bouquets of this kind unless they are well deserved susan nigh who has brought athletic honours to both herself and her school will compete in the okcefe competi tions in toronto on thursday of this week reeve and mrs win timbers have added their names to the list of donors of a fully furnished room at the new park view senior citizens home we feel that local townsfolk have responded admirably in the promotion of this very worthy venture municipal leaders in the municipalities surrounding metro and that includes stouffville are awaiting with much interest the presentation of the goldenbcrg report that is scheduled for release on or about june 15th