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ftfl the stooffvuie tribune thuruy april 2 1964 editorial the feet are familiar but i cant place the face are there too we hear a lot today about the coming redistribution of seats for the federal government this may be all fine in so far as equality of represen tation by population is concerned however as one who has witnessed a fair bit of action in the house of commons the thought that comes to our mind is whether or not there are too many members for a great part of the time the house is only half filled and when you consider that the members are being paid at the rate of 18000 per year it seems to me that we should make every move we can to get value for our money from our observation there ap pear to be a great many seat- warmers and nothing more except when they are called on to vote yea or nay as instructed by party leaders we continually harp on the sub ject of efficiency in industrial plants many members and there is no doubt in our mind but that the nations business could be conducted much better if in the hands of a smaller group there would be little complaint about the 18000 salary if it were being paid entirely to members who were worth it however this is not the case and in our opinion a good many are not worth it there are some who have ideas but cannot ex press them the party organization sees to that policies are set by the cabinet and all the backbencher can do is vote accordingly proof of this fact is to read occasionally that the prime minister will permit a free vote on some item or other we pay a lot of good money to day for nothing but gibblegabble which does nothing to advance or improve the administration of the country representation we need but bv how many congratulations juniors by the time this issue of the tribune reaches our readers hands the stouffville clippers newly crowned junior d group champions will have advanced into the first round of the ontario playoffs their current opposition is- wellington three men coach geo stark manager ken roberts and secretary- treasurer ralph corner have put a good deal of time and effort into the formation of this team and now with a jitfle help from lady luck could bring the town its first oha title in thirteen years its been a rough road for messrs stark roberts and company and on occasions the thought of toss ing in the towel must surely have crossed their minds with lukewarm fan support producing a pittance of pickings at the gate in some games only unyielding determination that marked coach stark as a playet tended to keep him on the job only those closest to a hockey club know the headaches that accompany such a chore with the group honours tucked away the clippers now set their sights on a higher goal a provincial championship we hope they make it public meeting might clear the air it would appear that much con fusion surrounds the finalization of a zoning bylaw that will govern future properties around the resort centre of musselmans lake it was obvious at a meeting called on sunday by the newlyformed ratepayers association that many people are dissatisfied with some of the requirements as set forth in the proposed bylaw a township cannot impose zon ing rules and regulations without stepping pn someones toes but the rights of individuals should be con sidered for the sake of good public relations if nothing else rather than let this lake asso ciation carry their torch of dissen sion before the ontario municipal board the council could perform a good service by submitting desirable changes to the omb themselves in the form of amendments we would suggest that the coun cil should set aside one evening to hear these complaints either en masse or from a representative com mittee and rule then and there on their legitimacy after hearing these recommendations if the council is not convinced that alterations are necessary then it will be up to the municipal board to rule if however certain suggestions appear sound the council could act on the ratepayers behalf no one has yet denied that zon- ing at musselmans lake is a good thing if however changes should be made now is the time to act were for leaving the flag as it is the kings county record week ly newspaper in sussex nb recently put forward a powerful editorial in favour of retaining our canadian flag as it is the editorial has been widely quoted and we do not propose to repeat it here we would however endorse much of its contents looking fit the color reproduction of our present flag on the cover of the iode magazine one would wonder- why anyone would want to give up such a beautiful timehon oured symbol in favour of some new fangled novelty after all a symbol means just whatever those who use it agree to have it mean and the red ensign with the canadian arms in the field is recognized throughoutthe world as the symbol of canada back in january of 1961 nearly forty pages of hansard was taken up with a discussion of the flag ques tion there had been a resolution calling for a referendum on a choice between the red ensign and some other design one member got to his feet and made the comment that the longer we talk the less chance there is of its coming to pass this year we would like to add to this latter comment that the longer they talk about it the longer we can be sure of having our old flag springs the time to repot plants repotting should be done whenever necessary but the best time is in the spring say horticulturists with the ontar io department of agriculture house plants need repotting when the plant is too large for its present container and the pot has become full of roots or when the soil has become ex hausted and the plant is un thrifty a good mixture or repotting old plants consists of 7 parts oam 2 parts peat 1 part rotted manure and 2 parts sand it is often more convenient to buy a premixed potting soil from garden centres or stores selling horticultural supplies tae the plant out of its old pot by turning the pot upside down and tapping the rim of bench keeping the fingers over the pot on the edge of the the soil to prevent the plant from falling to provide good drainage place pieces of brok en flower pots concave side down as well as some roughage over the drainage opening add a little soil and then put in the plant adding more soil on all sides firming the soil with the fingers or a narrow slat of wood at the same time tap the pot on the bench to help settle the soil do not fill the pot corn- top for watering plcloly but leave m inch at the well done is better than well said land donation not considered practical stouffville municipal council has received an offer of five acres of land for industrial pur poses on the former mertens farm which is at the extreme west side of town south of the highway it was pointed out that the land would be 80 rods south of the highway and would require council install sewers and roads the offer was made by mr ron fcmson but council after some discussion instructed the clerk to advfse mr femson that the offer was not practical in view of the cost of develop ment tllhc ioufhiillc tribune established 1i member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 150 g h nolan publisher jas tiiomas kditnr jas mckean advertising sugar spiv by bill smiley and bring your friends i was warned by my family not to write a column about this however no fearless columnist has ever been deterred by threats i can always get a room at the ymca for a lew days if worst comes to worst my son hugh is going to present a piano recital in a couple of weeks at the conservatory in the city the announcement has created a flurry of excitement alarm and despondency that will likely be unequalled until the day my daughter declaies that she is going to be married needless to say the one who is excited alarmed and despondent is not i nor is it my daughter nor is it the star of the evening himself in act he is quite cool about if so cool indeed that he isnt quite sure of the date the place the time or how much it will cost his old man no its his mother who is panicking first of all she demands to know in the name of all that is ridiculous how he hopes to have his pieces ready in such a short time its impossible she wails its out of the question you are a mutt the next minute shes dolefully predicting that nobody will come to the recital and that well be disgraced shamed foiever in the eyes of uh i dont know whom exactly we fight back of course hugh goes into a vague involved explanation of how he can get his pieces in shape it has to do with turning over new leaves letting no grass grow under foot nose to grindstone shoulder to wheel and stitches in time hah snorts his mum the only thing that will save your bacon is divine intervention or something of the sort she intimates i step in to pour oil on the fiery waters or tears of rage as some call them i assure her that the hall will be filled the applause will lift the roof the critics will proclaim a new paderewski and well all be proud rich and happy ever after therell be nobody there but the family she says flatly she hadnt even heard me not a soul will come we proceed to prove her wrong we count up the aunts and cousins who have to come we count up the friends and students who might come total is about 23 you sec triumphantly you people arent realistic well he a laughingstock its going to be a big flop everybody we invite will say theyll love to come but they just cant make it that night bitterly then i have a bright idea ill probably have to do it when kim is married so i might as well give hugh a sendoff i explain to the old battle axe its the only way to assemble a crowd in these troubled times she agrees feels better even grins rv tat vr k k editors mail editor stouffville tribune stouffville ontario dear sir in a paragraph in roamin around in the march 26 tri bune concerning the nomill rate charged by some pickering township school boards it is implied that exorbitant charges were made from the ratepayers in 1963 in speaking for the altona school board we can say that it has been common practice which has been approved by our ratepayers to carry a sur plus from year to year we have found it to be good busi ness practice to hve a surplus on hand to take care of emer gencies and also to provide for seasonal lows at the annual ratepayers meetings the state of the sec tions finances are revealed and at no time have there been any objections to the surplus we have had on hand due to the fact that a- new system of school government will be inaugurated in 1965 it would seem reasonable to use any surplus funds n the section fiom which they have been le vied this will place all sections on an equal basis as they enter the township areas we would imagine that other pickering township school boards would offer a similar explanation s s no 17 school board altona at the bottom of the invitations we will have printed refreshments afterwards at the blank hotel poom so-and- so they may not know tschaikovsky from krushchev beethoven from beet soup a bach score from a sore back but our friends will be there even if they have to drive 300 miles wont you chaps by the way- anns ross im afraid ive got spring fever and probably need a good dose of grandmas spring tonic here we are entering a new month and a new season for in spite of the slow start spring really is here poor shivery robin i saw last week is proof of that easter has come and gone felt more like christmas than spring festival for the high school crowd cramming and the pressures of easter exams are over and theyre enjoy ing a well deserved rest me too im just coming back to earth from outer space after having coached our teenager for each of her daily ordeals and willingly confessing my abysmal ignorance of such things as hypotenuses and hypodermia i return to the comfortable habit of splitting my infinitives ignoring my subjunctives and generally acknowledge my sub jectivism i freely admit to being a coward who wouldnt attempt to write even a grade ix paper well thank the board of education exams are over and with them are over the tears and sulks the frustrations and fears that kept our young folks out in limbo or the past few weeks so now in spite of the wintry weather its spring that inbetweentime before the first daffodils when we are confronted with grimy thoughts grimy streets and grimy windows so that we have to go outside to see if it is really such a cloudy day the next upheaval is spring cleaning and with some women this is a real phobia no husband dares to sit down for five minutes to relax or hes apt to be shaken out with the rugs the experts can tell us the most practical mot efficient method of keeping a home is through weekly ami monthly cleaning of drawers and closets and rooms but we seem to have a builtin mechanism that compels us to tear the house- apart every spring and give it a al going over driving the whole family to distraction and husbands to leave home until the dust storm blows over welcome spring 8 saxony cresc weston ont march 30 1964 to the editor the stouffville tribune stouffville ont dear sir an organized and very vocal group of residents and some cottagers of musselmans lake claim the proposed bylaw planned and designed by whit church township council to safeguard the mussclman area from further abuse will make worthless the value of some land there we who are concerned for the future of the lake question their reasoning since when did adequate land requirement for every dwelling built for cither permanent or summer use lower land values in a final area or a town for that matter isnt a house or cottage on a decent amount of land more valuable more at tractive more in keeping with its countrylike surroundings than a row of dwellings squash ed onto 25 foot lots the whit church council made it perfec tly clear their bylaw would not be retroactive where such conditions presently exist they could continue but should the whole area of the lake a natur al and unique godgiven beau ty spot be allowed to suffer from a lack of future planning because a few ratepayers are unwilling to accept any restric tions on what they can do to their property responsible people accept laws designed for the good of the area and the population as a whole many of the original cottage owners at the lake through age or for other reasons have been forced to sell in the past few years the cottages ideal for summer use or even for six months of the year sometimes on small parcels of land can be bought very cheaply they can be altered slightly and im mediately resold still very cheaply compared to home pri ces elsewhere this is the open door to abuse speculation and very low housing standards no one objects to those peo ple who call the lake home providing they meet an ade quate sensible housing stand ard designed to protect the ar ea and its residents as set by the municipality of whitchurch cottagers do not require schools paved roads sewers a year round water supply year ly police protection or munici pal relief aid roamin around it has been announced that a second shopping plaza will open this fall in markham village a totally ridiculous venture in this writers view the site of the centre is located quite close to the present one and will contain an estimated 20 stores competition may be the spice of life but there will be little life left if these plazas keep cutting each others throats a pickering village pastor has suggested tliat local organ- biations are taking up the torch for racial prejudice when they hold minstrel shows complete with the black face banjo anil related negro paraphernalia what nonsense such programs in no way hold the negro up to ridicule but rater depict a way of life that we all admire and appreciate false alarm calls continue to plague eastend garage operator bill sanders who accepts the majority of calls at his station depot in a single afternoon last week he received five fake reports all from children if my arm was long enough id reach through the phone and grab them by the neck said bill obviously disturbed by the inconvenience that is caused measles have been running rampant in stouftvllles orchard park public school according to reports with no lev than is children absent in one of the rooms it is possible that the easter vacation period may halt their spread we have seen a copy of a report from parliament written by conservative michael starr mp which appears this week in the tribune the information contains a very excellent out line of the proposed federal pension plan which we feel the majority ot canadians do not understand its well worth of a few minutes of time to ead it over to our knowledge no permanent move had been made to improve the controversial washroom facilities in the public school at belliexda in whitchurch twp the issue was the subject of much discussion at several public meetings ami even a threat by dr king york county moh to close the building has failed to stir much action one may lie sure that if and when the program of school consolidation comes to whitchurch the bethesda structure will be one of the first to go the face of deputy fire chief fred castle was as red as his proverbial reel last week when a smoking chesterfield chair in his backyard brought questions concerning the trouble it seems fearless fred awoke in the middle of the night to see columns of smoke swirling over his bed clad only in a pair of pajamas he bolted downstairs to discover one article ot furniture aflame employing all the muscles in his sampson- like frame he lifted the chair bodily from the floor and carried it outside ps the brigade was not called it is icpvrieil tliat tom hughes of richmond hill is paying a pretty healthy chunk of cash to attract softlmll players to ids camp this summer season the move could not only break up the oncepowerful itlarkham aces and richmond hill dynes but also drive another nail into the coffin of amateur softball sport in this area in a letter that appeared in the tribune from the chair man of the stouffville public utilitiescommission last week we noted with interest- that mr atkinson had contacted the secretarytreasurer of the puc mr daniels concerning the investing of surplus fundsthe chairman used the word 1 which would lead one to believe that he and not the commis sion as a body had discussed this matter with all respect to mr atkinsons energetic enthusiasm in this office he should not attempt to make it a oneman show and how about that surplus account something like 70000 wouldnt it be nice t the puc could see their way clear to lower the hydro rates just a little rather than continue to milk the customer for that overfed kitty the intersection ot main st and winona drive continues to be the roughest corner in town and right on the reeves way home too unless he takes the longway round via rupert ave or cant feel the bumps in his 64 pontine its nice to see two young people who have advanced so high up the ladder of fame and yet never lose sight of we common folk standing on the ground this is our impression of figure skaters debbi wilkes of unionviile and guy rcvell of newmarket who placed third in both the olympic and world competitions this year the pair were honoured at a public reception at unionviile last week both have been totally unaffected by their accomplishments and exposure to hero worship if is only a matter of lime until a vacant building becomes the target of vandals we noticed last week that some irre sponsible person had taken delight in huriing a stone through the plate glass window ot gordon mcgraths former store in clarcmont next door the windows of the former clarcmont bakery building now used as a church have been pelted witli rocks the installation of washroom facilities in the memorial park here a project approved by the town council will be appreciated by everyone who uses litis playground and this means many hundreds of people previously picnickers had to use the facilities at the swimming pool an arrangment that was not too satisfactory our only hope is that the toilets may be retained in a good slate of repair and not fall victim to vandalism as often happens to park properties confusion reigns supreme wllh respect to the purchase of the old anglican church by the town although a copy of fho resolution did not specify the erection of a fireball on this she we believe that 99 ot the people including this writer hail considered this to be the ultimate objective we only hope that the pros and cons of the whole issue will be aired on thursday evening tonlghl or at the councils earliest convenience dont look now but a copy of fanny hill is making the rounds around town young lads around the village had better pick ihcirfcnialn companions with care and caution or they may he liable for more punishment than a mere hat pin in the posterior several local ladles have joined lorne schrlls judo school and according io reports havu become quite proficient in the art of self defence tuesday march 31st was the final day for the removal ot fish huts from the ice on lake simcoe although the govern- mont notice arrived too late for publication much of this work was done by the high winds that swept over the lake area a couple of weeks ago because of the closeness of musselmans lake to metropol itan toronto and other towns and the tremendous appeal of the area to picknickers and summer vacationists cottage and hind values there would never suffer as a result of a wellplanned bylaw they would increase in direct ratio to the expanding population and overcrowding of resort ar eas in other parts of southern ontario yours truly betty ross boy scout leader to troop remember men if youre lost in the woods at night get your bearings from the sky a glow will indicate the nearest shop ping center government municipal and corporation jtonds preferred nnd common slinrcl inquiries invited russell beare 213 mnin street markhnm telephone 2941523 suhdgrnl wood nnrly company limited