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j j the stouttviltf tmouhf ttoufcy im 6 1943 editorial week to honour thi i senior citizens week across the country a week to give 11 little more than average thought to those who have led this country along some pretty rocky roads and deserve smooth sailing now some towns have senior citizens clubs where these folks can gather once a month and enjoy good fellowship and entertainment together one such club flourishes in markham its interesting to trace the his tory of the average senior citizen of our community in common terms a citizen who is between sixtyfive and seventy was born before the turn of the century a simple mathematical fact since then there have been events in many cases which have left these people in an unenviable posi tion senior citizens they were born into an age of far less luxury to begin with and just as they were reaching maturity they were called off to war back in civilian life again they were able to net about establishing themselves only lo run full into the depression of the thirties this was followed by another war and by then they wers past the prime of life and could no take full advantage of the rising trends they had possibly saved and scrimped to put aside hardearned dollars to provide for their old age only to find that these dollars are worth far less than they had contem plated in some instances they hava had to turn to their children for sup port it has not been altogether an easy road lets give them a littla extra thought this week grist for red propaganda mill if the soviet union was running short on grist for the propaganda mill it can certainly take heart with the fresh supply being churned out every day in the southern states of america it is to be hoped that we here in canada do not become tarred with the same brush by those in other lands who have looked on this hemi sphere as the great haven of all free- loving people the treatment of the southern negroes by the americans is dis graceful to say the least and while president kennedys desegregation moves do not endear him with the southern whites his slowness to act in the face of this mounting degrada tion will win him no popularity con test in the north are negroes not human beings are they not every bit as good human beings as those who unjustly use them and better than many are they to be treated as criminals just because they dare to attend socalled christian church services lo eat in restaurants drink from water foun tains use municipal parks and enter retail stores some think we shouldnt judge because we dont know the problem that exists in these southern states some say we shouldnt criticize when we dont have the same discrimina tion and prejudice here these wo believe are only excuses for ducking out of our responsibility to denounce such actions towards mankind any where in the world ve have every right to protest just as we protest any discrimination when it shows its head in this coun try the black man doesnt claim ha is any better but that he is equal we believe he has this right and that he is every bit equal certainly the negros experience in this while world cannot create in him any respect for the standards by which this white world claims to live his own treatment is proof enough that while people do not live by these standards little chance for local talent it has been suggested that mark- hams new ice palace may be the home site for an entry in the metro junior a hockey group next season possibly knob hill farms in our opinion this would be a tragic event too many clubs in the metro loop are controlled and operat ed through the maple leaf chain the pick of the players are coralled together on the roster of marlboro or neil mcneil formerly st mich aels while knob hill was utilized as a practise ground for borderline per formers or secondraters who might through coaching develop into fu ture bigleague talent for the most part it is toronto vs toronto and the individualism of player and team competition is lost in the continuous drive toward profes sionalism last winter there was little doubt concerning the ultimate winner in the league regardless of the victor whether it was marlboros neil mcneil or knob hill when boiled down it still spelled out toronto with a capital t whitby and oshawa only helped to lotind out the circuit and provided the leaf proteges with practice games we feel that markham boys and markham fans should be entitled to a team that will utilize homebrew talent and attract local patronage we would suggest nothing higher than junior or intermediate b for a start let the maple leaf hockey octopus remain inside the metro borders where it belongs markham fans may be starving for organized winter sport but unless were mis taken they will not rally behind any suggested program that will merely use their ice and use their money to mould a third toronto team the metro group may be paying off ii the leafs longrange buildup of player personnel but fan interest ac cording to reports fell off badly you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time publicity prevents crime we have had a few comments within recent weeks and a number of complaints from readers concerning the fact that reports are published with regard to offenses committed in the district and how they are dealt with in the local courts several readers have pointed out that in some cases the people who suffer most are not the guilty ones but their families in some instances children going lo school they are subjected to the unintentional cruelty and unfairness of their own age group this point is only too irue it a point however that many people committing the crimes overlook assuming perhaps that they wont he caught we believe that we cannot maka xceptions in these cases and that the strongest crime deterrent par ticularly in minor offenses is the knowledge that if caught there will be publicity if a person accused of speedityr can pay a fine secretly without a court appearance the amount might sometimes be small enough to make ihe crime worthwhile this picture changes radically when the speeder is not only fined but everybody knows about it the more serious the crime the more serious the penalty and conse quently the more publicity but as the crime becomes more serious th attendant publicity becomes less im portant in the eyes of the accused a man accused of murder may be hanged the fact that he suffers from newspaper publicity is a very small part of that penalty whats happened to the park now that the summer picnic and visiting season is upon us we expect our town park lo be looking its very best picnics are booked every week- nd and dozens of visitors are stop ping by to enjoy the shade the pool and avail themselves of the picnic facilities however the park is presently in the most untidy state we have aeen it for a lonjr time grass is not cut fences are down stragglina weeds are everywhere and the stream which adds so much is littered with refuse of every kind the budget for keeping up this work has been inched up each year and there is certainly no excuse for the park of which we have been so proud to look so down at the heel if the caretaking help is not sufficient something should be done about it the park has not looked so poorly in many years and at this very time it is most detrimental we stand on guor he sugar and spice by bill smiley ming ilk way anne ross familiarity breeds contempt so goes the old saying but id like to paraphrase to say familiarity becomes a blinder to those people who have lived in this area all their lives stouffville is just a small town and far pastures are much greener other places seem to offer greater advantages but what do we have here in stouffville well to begin with as ive said before stouffville is a good community in which to raise our children through the efforts of school and church and service club there are numer ous activities and projects in which young people may partici pate there is a wholesome atmosphere in this small town which provides a satetyrein on their behaviour juvenile delinquency is not a problem of course here have been and probably will continue to be minor incidents in defiance of law and order human nature being what it is but here in stouffville our young folk are growing up to be fine citizens what else do we have we have an attractive main street of uptodate stores where merchants are the personal friends of their customers one doesnt merely shop for the necessities one visits on a trip downstreet and this makes shopping a pleasant interlude in a routine day then there are the stores themselves many of us are prone to ignore the goods and products available here and dash off to the city to find what we want but its a act that right here in town we can gener ally find iusl what were looking for in one store or another on main street and at prices comparable with those in the city i have always found that if a merchant doesnt have the particular item id like he is most willing to get it for me and even where choice is limited i wouldnt change shop ping at the friendly stores for the vast confusing array of goods in the impersonal assemblyline rush of city shopping traffic to cope with parking a problem tired feet aching back crowds rush confusion not lor me stop and think isnt the leisurely visit to the local stores a pleasant privilege many city folk envy us you know then finally to the newcomer it is evident that stouffville has a special character or personality of its own an air of pleasant gracious living away from the hubbub of city living just notice the wellkept homes the attractive gardens the uncluttered look of the streets is it all too familiar to you well jusl take another look and youll see what i mean by familiarity being a blinder in the name of progress it was necessary to cut down the beautiful old trees of main street in the interests ot progress we must expand and bring industry into our village let us hope this is done with a minimum of damage to our existing landmarks our trees and lovely old homes there is a danger of the little old anglican church becoming a victim to our time of change it would be a crime if this priceless treasure of our past dating back to 1867 were torn down or sold for commercial purposes what a wonderful iocation it would be for a local museum a perfect setting for a collection of books and historical records a treasure house of furniture pieces from the original settlers homes wc would be shortsighted indeed if the need lo realize a few thousand dollars on the property overrides the need lor a tangibe link with the past for need it is in our hurry 1o keep up with the time for our children and their children we owe a legacy of evidence of the toil the industry and the faith of their trailblazing predecessors stouffville lias some thing lets keep it on the farm front pjjjn r weed sprayers should be go ing full blast this week this is the time to got a good kill and killed while they are small weeds havent had a chance to take very much moisture and plant food from the crop the most costly mistake that can be made in weed spraying is in leaving it too late weed con trol in corn requires some spec ial thought cultivation com bined with 21d spray is still a good program however atra zine should be considered for very weedy fields or where it is difficult to get enough cultivat ing done atrazine should be put on at 3 lo 1 lbs per acre and it must go on before weeds are xk inches high most of our failures with atrazine last year resulted from putting it on too late haying is not loo far away and timing is getting more and more important in this job too everyone accepts the fact that early cut hay is worth a lot more as feed than hay cut late in the season still some farm ers are afraid to start too early curing is difficult in june and there is a strong temptation to let the crop mature a little more and get a belter yield lisiiviiuw uuiitv knowledge by tim wees with the time approaching when many ontario students will be graduating from thir teen years of hard study i think it is appropriate to dis cuss what i consider the faults ot the examinations our educational system is one largely based on memoriza tion indeed if one examines the examinations that the board of education gives lo ontarios students he can quite easily reach the conclusion that it is completely based on this practice is this good is a purpose attained i think not if one desires to learn then he will have to discover what he wants to know lor himself our present system falls down on two counts immediately first it is based on the principal that one goes to school to be taught and that the man at the front of the room with the yardstick has the sole obligation to teach all that the teacher can really do is lo create the desire he can not cram down a stu dents throat what the student is not interested in or in other words what he does not really want to spend his time learning i think that the teacher would attain more success if he would merely create the desire in the student lo learn and offer him the answers to the questions that arise his should be a position not of teaching but of guiding the second count is that many subjects that the student is in terested in are simply not taught philosophy music art and dramatics are only a few of the countless subjects that are absent from our curri culum why is this is not the absence of the ab stract subject due to the fact that it is virtually impossible lo give an en masse examination in a subject that can only be examined from a personal point of view for instance what other way is ihere to evaluate an actor s worth but lo put him on the stage and actually watch his work there is none what is the solution to these problems to give the teacher a free sill the advantage in feed va lue is enough to justify cutting early the higher protein con tent is worth a lot but even more importanl is ihe differ ence in palatability in a test at oac cows ate about 40 lbs of earlycut hay per day compared with only 20 lbs of latecut hay the difference in milk produc tion was about 5 lbs per day cutting shorld start when alfalfa is in ihe late bud stage just before ihe flowers open grass hay should be cut just after the heads have emerged from the leaf sheath at this stage yield will be high as it will ever be and the cattle like it best june is back in town busting up all over she husts up those dream castles of young love picks up the pieces and turns them into the mortgaged bungalows of marriage every womans magazine in the land is loaded with articles giving advice to the june bride this is ridiculous a though there were a woman alive who needed advice on running a marriage it seems to be an effortless transition for the damsel who forsake the wail of the jukebox for the roar of thi vacuum cleaner the saturday night dance for the monday morning wash but my heart goes out to the youth who i deserting th delights of the poolhall for the drudgery of bringing hom the bacon and beer who is bidding farewell lo ihe fascination of the streetcorner to say hello lo the horror of ehanginj loaded diapers first of all son what made you do it you were in tha clover there you were living at home cheaply eating moms cooking spending your own money on something sensible iike the 48 dodge getting slicked up and wowing the chlcki every saturday night and having a good roar with the boys now and then however its too late now and i wouldnt try to turn you from your course even if i could in fact wouldnt want to see any young fellow miss the characterbuilding institution of marriage welcome o ihe club but just as ill hate to see our dopy utile spaniel tossed info a pit with a liadlcmpered mastiff i dont like to see you going into a battle thats going to last your whole life with no weapons but your own dim wits therefore and in view of the propaganda pouring out of those womens magazines 1 think you could use a few tips to even the odds think of yourself as a young untried soldier think of me as a scarred veteran of many a matri monial skirmish stiff with wounds but bearing them proudly ready first thing to do after the ceremony is over and all those dumb relatives of hers have been shaken hands with is to let her know whos boss when you start on the wedding trip have a quiet litile talk with her dont get nasty just be firm when she stops crying and you slop apologizing it will be all settled who is to be boss but dont allow a little setback like that get you down when the baby comes along dont let her pull that litll mother needs her sleep routine stand on your rights demand that she get up every second night and walk with the little squawkbox she wont but youll feel better becausa youve stood on your rights its good practice after awhile when you havent a leg to stand on you can always stand on your rights another important thing in the marriage is to be ahla to lie while looking her straight in the eye practise in tha bathroom any old husband will tell you it can be mastered in no time from then on every time you look her straight in the eye shell know youre lying but you cant win them all something else that will come ta you automatically in short time is the ability to change the subject without seeming to theres no particular set ot rules about this just observe closely how your wife does it and youll soon find yourself equally adroit when you dont like a direction a conversation is taking make it a point to hang up your clothes every night in fact its not a bad idea to lock them up never never get tha idea that your wife is above such a thing as going through your pockets and never never leave in them such items as a book of matches with murphys tavern printed on it you know you bummed the malches from a fellow at work she knows youve been out roistering and will never believe any thing else most importanl of all perhaps is i his never admit any thing my boy unless you are caught redhanded if you are o course throw yourself lirst upon your knees then on her mercy tell her youre weak and sinful tell her you need the support of her strong and lofty character if you are to be saved from evil companions such as poker drink women or whatever youve been up to suddenly i feel better with these few pointers dispensed i can look with more equanimity on the procession of lambs to the slaughterhouse this month hand in the guidance of his students and to make it possible to broaden the curriculum to include the fine arts the exam ination system as it stands should be abolished smaller educational areas should be set up lo facilitate the personal examination of each student examinations should examine not the students ability to mem orize but his ability to think and form conclusions knowledge cometh not from the absorption of fact but from the realization of fact from the discovery of new fact and from the formulation of this fact into conclusion scratch pads from jumbo size down to note size the stouffville tribune a neat easy way to roll out pastry is between two sheets ot wax paper say 1 lome econo mists at macdonald institute at guelph o 6j 1u week h tnufhnllr curt bun rsrabushed utl member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association authorised ceondcli mill poitorv dept otuwa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada s350 elsewhere s450 c 0 nolan publisher jas thomas editor jas mckean advertising when i commented on your appearance at breakfast yesterday 1 didnt expect yon to lake such drastic meaanea