he tribune siouffviiie out- thursday september 3 1953 the stouffville tribune established 18ss member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized a jso2dcl3s mail poatofflee deptroaawa printed and issued every thursdav at stouffville ont in canada 250 elsewhere 300 c h- nolan editor j as thomas sports assist a v nolan son publishers notes and comments too much tootin one shudders to think what confusion and noise there would be if our cities had traffic control methods like those used in belgrade yugoslavia it is reported in the detroit traffic bulletin that bel grade motorists signal not with hands or signal devices but with horns one toot signifies the drivers intention to go through an intersection two signal a right turn and three a left turn and six toots mean clear the decks im making a u turn evidently the yugoslavs dont own many cars and thus know little or nothing about traffic congestion labor day in its original conception labor day was one set a- side to honor the industrial worker and the achieve ments of trade unions today it is still marked officially only by organized labor everyone else takes a holiday but pavs little attention to the significance of the day it self yet the day has a meaning for all of us trade unions themselves would be the first to acknowledge that the day of outright hostility between labor and manage ment has ended that narrowmindedness on both sides has no place in the building of a greater canada and just as the factionalism of yesterday is outdated so has the significance of labor day moved with the times on sept 7 every employed person in canada from the company president down to the office boy will be tak ing a holiday it is these millions of people whether they belong in the labor or the management sections of indus try who are contributing to the building of this country there lies the real meaning of labor day canad ians laboring to achieve a better more prosperous cana da a finer place in which to live and bring up their famil ies let there be trade union parades and celebrations on september 7th but let there also be a moments reflec tion by each of us on the broader concept of labor in can ada the creation by our own free efforts of the kind of countrv we want our children to inherit premier or prime minister the old controversy as to whether the head of a pro vincial government should use the title premier or prime minister has been revived by the use of the lat ter term by the hon wac bennett new head of the government in british columbia he was at once criticiz ed by the provincial liberal party leader who declared that mr bennett has delusions of grandeur and that the term primeminister is reserved for the head of the federal government at ottawa even in official publications there is a measure of disagreement on the subject the canada year book re fers to the heads of all the provincial governments as premier in the canadian almanac hon leslie m frost is referred to as prime minister and president of the council but all the other provincial government heads are designated as premier it is difficult to understand why the distinction is made unless it be that the actual official title of the head of the ontario government as used in official documents is first minister and presi dent of the council hence the use of the term prime minister in quebec the french term for the head of the government is premier ministre which is translat ed to prime ministeror first minister we can recall that when hon gordon d conant be came head of the ontario government in 1942 he insist ed on the use of the term premier holding that only the head of the federal government was a prime minis ter he held to this view despite the insistence of crown officials that he was actually the prime minister of ontario and used the term premier throughout the whole of his time in office one high authority and one which should be beyond question however is the guide to relative procedure issued by the secretary of state for canada and published by the queens printer in it are listed the prime ministers of the provinces of can ada coming from such a source that would seem to be the final answer in the controversy important conservation report what must be regarded as a highly important report on the problems of conservation in the province of ontar io has been presented to its government by the conserva tion councif of ontario this report is the result of ex haustive studies made by a group of experts over a per iod of several months and it brings into the limelight some of the pressing problems with regard to soil and wa ter conservation in southern ontario much of the material which appears in this report is by no means new recommendations with reference to soil fertility conservation of the valuable top soil of the province and protection of its water resources have ap peared in other reports in its recommendations on ad ministration however the report goes to the roots of the difficulty in securing action on a provincewide scale on soil and water conservation measures it is not without reason that it contains the following paragraph that the hon fletcher s thomas minister of ag riculture who has been named coordinator of conserva tion for ontario be enabled to assume this role in fact as well as name this is followed by suggestions of action to make this possible there is good reason for this paragraph the government of ontario while presumably interested enough in conservation to name one of its ministers as coordinator has done practically nothing in recent years to provide him with anything to coordinate one of the things we have never been able to understand is the wil lingness of the government to institute reforestation and conservation measures at the provincial level it is gener ous in giving advice information and instruction to farm ers and to rural municipalities but if the problem is to be tackled on a sufficiently large scale that is not nearly e- nough it has reached proportions which demand provin cial leadership and the expenditure of large sums of pro vincial money to arrest the degradation of ontarios soil and water resources because of this it will be interest ing to see if any tangible results arise from the presenta tion of this excellent conservation report to the govern ment of ontario fr parents only for the family once centre of eastend fruit acreage robert c hermes an audu- json lecturer tells a delightful story about his meeting with a little french canadian girl in the gaspe peninsula he asked her how to reach the next vil lage and while she replied he looked at her earnest face her poor but clean mended gingham dress she belonged to a large family and he knew that candy would be a real treat for her so he took out a handful of toffee and thrust them into her small open fist he expected her immediately to stuff several candies in her mouth but no she carefully selected one piece and put all the rest in her pocket joking mr hermes asked her in french dont you like candy quickly she protested that she loved sweets but patting the pocket with the totfea in it she explained cest pour la fam- iller k it is for the family that itte girls mother was doing i good job in training her daughter not just to think in firms of herself hut to remem ber the other members in the me circle willingness to share an unexpected treat with rothers and sisters is pretty good test of the fairnly bond would your daughter or son in a similar position have shown this kind of generosity a child is naturally selfcen tred and acquisitive if is fn only child he doesnt get much practice in dividing up with other relatives his own age even if he belongs to a iarge family his parents may sometimes feel quite gloomy a- bout the strength of family af fection youngsters do so much scrapping one mother of a small family complained to her friend who answered com fortably that its their nature and they likely dont do any more quarreling than we did when we were kids only we ve forgotten our fights a certain amount or friction between brothers and sisters seems inevitable with normal children in an ordinary house hold everything certainly is not what ruskin called sweet ness and light each child struggles for his own share of his parents affection each youngster is jealous of his own rights and keeps a wide awake eye on his possessions bickerings and tiffs within the home walls are not altoge ther bad they give a child ex perience in give and take in being a good sport about fail ure and success these home battles help to prepare a child to make his own way in the face of opposition in the out side world if arguments become too fre quent or too heated by vane cleaver always impose a period of separation one mother of three active small boys used to say grisly to squabblers if you cant play happily togeth er then youll just have to go to your own rooms and play a- vvay from each other when a member jf the fam ily is hused by someone out- ide the home or if the house hold is facing some unexpect ed crisis then the strength o the family bond is usually ap parent parents as a rule can depend on junior to look out for sister janie if she is being bullied on the way home from school a threat from an out sider or anxiety if it is shar ed help to make each member of the family conscious of the home unit some form of family coun cil either a formal or informal one on major problems and expenditures help the children tc think in terms of the good of the whole family and not just of their own selfish inter ests the discussions may not be as effective as those in cheaper by the dozen but they do point up the claims of the home on each members time and thought energy once in a while mother has made home so pleasant and the bond between members in the family is so strong that the sons and daughters when they become adults are in no hurry to set up their own homes but parents who are mature people want to see their children accept increas ing responsibility for their own lives and eventually for their own homes one of the finest tributes to a mother and father came from a man who grew up in a home where there was a particularly warm and loving atmosphere albert switzer said of his iparents they trained us for freedom this is the present resi dence of mr and mrs leo wagg montreal st stouff ville the large brick house was erected more than sixty years ago toy the late john mckinnon who came originally from whitchurch and resided in the house until his death john mckinnon was at one time a member of the town council and was for years caretaker of the local cemetery the mc kinnon home was the cen tre of quite a small fruit acreage and operated by mr and mrs mckinnon for a long period and ma ny in town can recall the berry and currant picking which they assisted in at the mckinnon place bygone days from tho files of the tribune 30 years ago shadow ijako camp opens stouffville is now known as the getting off place and the holiday town for the big new camp just across ifrom musselmans known as shad ow lake it is just six miles a- bove stouffville straight up the 9th con and those who know musselmans the new camp is a stones throw north east one hundred and seventy acres is its domain and three lakes stud its beautiful wood lands formerly a farm owned by dr dales of stouffville it wis purchased but this spring end in a few brief weeks it has parents been transformed into a pala- too many tractor mishaps changes are constantly being made in tractors so as to make them more comfortable to ride and easier to op erate an american manufacturer is now featuring a new dustproof waterproof and shockproof tractor radio the radio is equipped with extrahigh audio output so it can be heard above engine noise seemingly more of this inventive ingenuity should be directed in the way of making tractors safer improve ments have been made in that direction but in spite of the additional safety measures precautions and warn ings there continues to be an alarming number of tractor accidents at least 46 persons were killed in alberta dur ing the past two years and 30 in saskatchewan last year in tractor mishaps most of the fatalities and injuries are caused when tractors overturn on a slope relative to the sort of ground on which they must be driven evidently their centre of gravity is too high while protective hoops over the rider and similar expedients have been suggested the fundamental requirements is much greater stability technical objections may be raised to this solution but if industrial knowhow means anything on this con tinent the problem of designing a safe tractor should not for long elude manufacturers of farm implements tial girls camp already it riv als these holiday resorts in the states where millionaires de light to send their daughters up on the brow of the high est hill are four cottages which a wars aftermath vocabulary now call huts stained a light reddish brown that suggests the indian band that once camped in that very bush they are being named for the early tribes iroquois mohawk seneca etc the same color marks all the buildings and is a charming contrast to the varied greens of the foliage all that modern skill and science can do to make a camp er happy and comfortable has teen done in the splendidly designed sleeping chambers for shadow lake campers they hold twelve camp beds and screened windows have special shutters to draw up for stormy weather at one end is a capacious clothes closet on which coats etc are hung the lucky campers are mem bers of the eaton recreation club the girls connected with the big store etc or finally any girl without whom an ea ton employee would be unhap py if she went on a holiday rates range from 650 a week for club members to 750 fo- other than eaton employees no more ideal spot could be imagined than the picturesque old farm forty acres of bush beeches birch maples and ev ergreen enable hikers to trav el for miles and not go off the property shadow lake at the entrance by the winding road is the largest of the camps three lakes about these lkes wind innumerable trails through ferncarpeted woods and over grassy meadows on the property as supervisl ors still reside mr and mrs marriott the latter is mr dales daughter and a farm staff that provides fresh veget ables milk and butter swimming instructions are provided too at ten and three each day those who cannot swim are given a chance to learn down at the beach n which the other girls come half an hour later not only a victrola with the latest records but a piano is installed in the big hall wuere the girls get their meals and dance any time they wish to turn it on week day the rising bell at 730 warns the girls breakfast is at 8 oclock and on sunday it is half an hour later getting up exercises are also planned for those who wish such frequent ibonfiras hikes and informal dances are delightful features of shadow lake camp in the evening a two mile walk to the nearest vil lage ballantrae allows any who wish a chance to see the train come in and patronize the village ice cream shops a candy stall is also open certain hours at the camp at other times trucks are provided and gay parties go to stouffvilles festive ball games etc to leave the camps boundaries its visitors but notify the heads that they are ril on such explorations accommodation for fifty girls is now provided at the camp and the full number are revelling in the beauty and joys of an ideal camp life stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply your requirements of crushed gra vel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phono 125 office phones 370 st lsto ivaasaatsm stouffville machine tool works telephone 253 rear of cnjr station electric and acetylene welding farm machinery machinery repairs in size man stands half way between an atom and a star says a physicist man seems al ways to be in the middle of things including a bad fix canada ranks 3rd in size op forest canada ranks third in total forest area among the count ries of the world top two are russia and brazil canadas total forest area is estimated to be 1320000 square miles or about 38 per cent of the coun trys land mass more than 761000 square miles of this ar ea is classed as being capable of yielding continuous wood harvests at the present time only twothirds of the 7g 1000 sq miles is located where oper ations can be carried out econ- 1 omically diefenbakers return generally applauded few in canada will regret the reelection of john diefenbaker the progressive conservative member for prince albert his ability is recognized by all parties and the fact that he is second in command of the progressive conser vatives is important in the redistribution of seats sask atchewan lost three and lake centre mr diefenbakers riding disappeared he was catapulted out of a riding that certainly was a political toughie if there ever was one mr diefenbaker was offered a dozen seats several of them safe in eastern and western canada but he de clined them all and fought it out in his native saskatch ewan to become the only progressive conservative mem ber from that province just how difficult a task he faced is shown by the fact that prince albert has not had a conservative mem ber since 1911 and when the late prime minister macken zie king sought a safe seat he chose that riding in the last general election the liberal victor had 8916 votes to the progressive conservatives 2258 mr diefenbakers position and personality obvious ly drew heavy support from liberals and ccf in add ition to fighting a hard battle at home he toured canada and helped many other candidates his election by over 3000 majority is a fine tribute to a man greatly needed in parliament to the canadian national exhibition august 29th to september 12th except sunday 225 reduced fare round trip for childrens rates see your agent includes exhibition admission and bus transfer direct into and from the grounds leave stouffville 925 am daylight time leave toronto 1115 pm exhibition passengers travelling on regular buses will transfer at toronto bus terminal to buses running into the grounds information at tickets and snowballs barber shop