page 10 the tribune thursday sept 17 1970 mi iii s c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel edey advertising published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 51 main st stouffvilie onl tel wo210l single copies 15c subscriptions 5x0 per year in canada 750 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 editorial shortsighted thinking redevelop the downtown business area no forget it youre only flogging a dead horse commented two realtors at a public meeting to discuss stouffvilles revised official plan begin new commercial development in openspace areas they advised we say financially for them such a scheme would be fine but for the overall good of stouffvilie the policy would be tragic look elsewhere to communities as large or larger than this one to see the results of such illfated planning you find store vacancies bankruptcies ghost towns look elsewhere to communities to learn the cost of correcting such planning errors thousands and thousands of dollars lost in com mercial assessment and then an equal amount expended in com mercial redevelopment we say expand stouffvilles commercial zoning as the population warrants but dont kill that which is already here by approving something entirely new if in doubtask details related to notices of assessment are just so much greek to many people they dont understand what the figures represent how they are arrived at or what the result will be some are too embarrassed to ask others are negligent either way they occasionally learn too late that an error has been committed in an effort to ward off the wave of complaints that flooded the newmarket office last year a slip of paper is included in every assessment notice sent out in 1970 for taxes in 1971 read it carefully and follow its advice it says in part would you please bring to the attention of the assessment commissioner any error in any assessment par ticularly spelling mistakes errors in address inaccurate description of property and wrong designation of school support so that corrections can be made without the necessity of an appeal information concerning the assessment may be obtained at the assessment office york county building newmarket hours available for this purpose are sept 15 to 30 9 am to 9 pm monday to friday and oct 1 to oct 14 9 am to 9 pm monday to friday the last date of appeal is oct 14 few persons complain about paying their fair share but no one should pay more last year some did dont get caught again an 11th hour appeal representatives of uxbridge township council and planning board met personally at queens park with ministers charles macnaughton and darcy mckeough sept 8 the discussions according to our information lasted about one hour just how so many men could have talked so long and accomplished so little remains a mystery the meeting of course was held in private but it is now apparent messrs macnaughton and mckeough told their visitors to go back to goodwood and do a little homework it was back on may 5 four months ago that premier john robarts officially introduced his design for development plan at that time he specifically requested each municipality affected by it to submit recommendations in writing on or before sept 30 uxbridge we learn out of either sheer contempt or dire neglect had up until its tete- atete sept 8 declined to follow this advice a hastilycalled meeting sept 9 brought about a decision to proceed here we have a township with a satellite city of some 32000 people proposed in an area of about 7000 acres suddenly premier john robarts designates the municipality for purposes of recreation open space and agriculture the exact opposite to the scheme of mass buildup presented by revenue properties but mr robarts left the door open send me along your suggestions and comments he said intimating that in theory at least each would be considered but uxbridge did nothing for eighteen weeks they let the in vitation slide then under some backroom prodding by councillors harvie and dowswell and some pin point questioning by residents past and present a resolution approving the century city concept in prin ciple was passed on a 32 split vote by now sept 17 the written report should be complete and in the ministers file that is if someone took the initiative and licked the stamp editor 9 mail dear sir i thought you and some of the other oldtimers might be in terested in a former native and his family and some of the interesting things that have been happening to them john jack drewery a longago graduate of stouffvilie high school was the producer of the cbc documentary special seen locally aug 23 the program concerned the voyage of the oil tanker manhatten as it followed the icebreaker st laurent through the arctic john also wrote the poem used by the folk singer as background music in my opinion the story wa9drv mirably nsrrated by mr drewery mrs joan drewery his wife and mother of five has a nationwide program that began sept 7 at 130 pm entitled 55 north maple joan plays herself with an interesting and stimulating parade of friends passing through her home this in fact is pretty much what does happen at 586 fraser street ottawa as we observed the parade for a short time again this summer mrs lorraine steckley ninth line south dear mr thomas our thanks for a visit from our old home town stouffvilie tribune each week the picture of cookie earl cook and myself in the sept 3 issue brings back many happy memories we owe so much to so many wonderful people in your town bruce lehman delhi ont sugar and spice sunshine sand bacon eggs beans by bill smiley in a burst of blind fury i made my wife get off her tail and go with me on our big trip in the last week of holidays it had started out back in may as a leisurely trip to the british isles it shrank like a dowager on a crash diet there was no formal opposition just a lot of little feminine tricks hall of fame markham historian and sport sman john lunau must enjoy some thrill in the knowledge that his picture holds a place in the cnes hockey hall of fame john has served as trainer with the nhl oldtimers for several seasons this particular building in our opinion was one of the most interesting on the grounds a waste the imperials that featured the youth concert in the peoples church last week are an excellent musical group those publicizing the event in stouffvilie however hardly did the young men justice by at taching their photos to all the gar bage containers in town austerity in the tribune issue of aug 27 a figure of 45000 was estimated as the amount of the 1970 stouffvilie police budget we were low 15000 low the clerks office has revealed the total as 60300 for the current year something like the chinese water torture drop after drop insomnia nothing to wear cant afford it wholl cut the lawn absolutely must have the soand sos for a weekend you know the gamut by midjuly it was a trip across canada with a trailer looking up friends and relatives not driving too far in a day enjoying the camaradie of the trailer camp by midaugust it was a mad dash to the maritimes but kim was home and we cant leave her alone and she didnt want to go with us after just having been there well spilt milk isnt much use we finally made it left on a thursday afternoon and got home sunday evening hows that for a big trip however perhaps it was worth waiting for all summer it was different we bought a coleman stove as we planned to cook along the way anyone interested in a brandnew coleman stove that has never even been lit and of course we bought food here and there to cook on our new stove arrived home with two huge boxes of groceries i swear i had 12 meals in a row of bacon and eggs and beans no mean fare but weve still got two weeks supply we just drove until we felt like stopping north and north and we wound up spending a couple of days in a cabin on a lake and loving it it was a rundown oldfashioned tourist resort we got one of the deluxe cabins no bellhops no broadloom no tv but a real washroom with running water in fact the water was running all over the floor from a leak or something when we checked in strangely my wife loved the place at home shes a psychotic emptier of ashtrays sweeper of floors and maker of beds at the cabin she cheerfully walked around in grit up to the ankles and actually chuckled when the transcanada train went by three or four times a day rocking the cabin like a cradle for a couple of days we forgot about pollution and population- explosion and other such poppycock it was enough to wrench the door open look at that great clean lake 20 yards away and wonder what the rich people were doing sunshine and sand and bacon and eggs and beans evenings were just as paradisical campfire until midnight then into the hut with the little gas stove sputtering cosily a novel a night cap and no phone ringing or car door slamming to indicate callers we had a special treat on friday night when the proprietors held a dance the rock band made the railroad train sound like a muted whisper we didnt go to the dance but it was just like home when kim has a record on but idylls must end third mor ning woke to a wild wind a driving rain coming in around the front door and the worst storm of the summer in full flight drove the long way home in rain that was worse than a blizzard with sundry morons tailgating cutting in passing on corners and hills and over the white line when you couldnt see the front of your car shaky things didnt improve they just got back to normal discovered daughter engaged to fine young chap who had two cents literally i know its hard to believe in this affluent age but he had two 2 cents cash when he proposed portraits of the past a pet called porky by jim thomas every boy deserves a pet and in my opinion its every parents responsibility to provide him with one however i fully realize that at some homes there are limitations like at my own nothing with feathers or fur is permitted on the property doctors orders the very whiff of a cat or a canary can react on son paul like goldenrod or ragweed thus the animal ban is strictly enforced but how they crave for something anything at all on four legs that lives and breathes so they make substitutions on friday it was a grasshopper on saturday a toad and on sunday a praying mantis the latter a real novelty even to their father was the subject of a zoology lesson around the supper table sunday night but parting is such sweet sadness barry tried unsuccessfully to hide his tears as he reverently returned his newfound friend to the exact location where he had caught it but watery eyes today will turn to broad bright smiles tomorrow when they come marching home with a specimen of something en tirely new thats life and i have no complaints at least not yet that time will come when the household is odoriferously introduced to our first live skunk there we draw the line while certain rules and regulations must be enforced in all family activities i think its great when moms and dads adopt the broadminded approach with regard to a boy and his pet be it a dog or a donkey take for instance 10 year old wayne holden albert street north and 8 year old harvey schell ninth line north in stouffvilie they share a pet they call porky nicknamed after harveys father its a 20 inch long garter snake the two lads found it in a pasture field about 4 weeks ago a thin scrawny looking thing that resented all thoughts of domestication you should see it now sleek and fat the picture of health in fact porky looks so well he at least they think t its a he won a prize in the trade fair pet show saturday and talk about tame it will slither up waynes right arm and down his left or curl around harveys neck a forked red tongue lashing out har- mlessly throughout the act while youd never know it now harvey admits he was a little bit scared when he first found it in fact he threw it down and porky almost got away now theyre in- j separable for wayne the rearing of the pet snake is serious business he knows all about them and applies this knowledge in the proper rearing of his pet but a snake tame or not fills most people with fear like on saturday several girls took one look screamed and ran a lady harvey said almost dropped her entire grocery order some folks dont like them because they dont know anything about them explained wayne he said he would never purposely use porky to tease or frighten anyone so if about now the grade 4 and 6 teachers at orchard park school are shaking in their shoes dont both wayne and harvey have taken out an oath on the 1970 edition of audibon that they will never enroll porky in class they respect their pet too much for that one or he last horseotau n vehicles to be seen on stouffvilie main street was this horse and buggy driven by leslie wldeman seen here parked in the centre of town about twentyfive years ago mr wideman farmed on the eastern outskirts of town and worked as a mall couiier for many years cadieux studio something missing history in action day at brougham has through the years been one of pickering townships most exciting annual attractions and it should have been exciting this year too except something was missing people few people knew about it a fact that was quite ap parent from the few who roamed the grounds