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tv 1 the stouffviuj tmbwe ttovhy jugut 13 w6i editorial at least some good has come despite all the overplay on the present canadian flag issue and all the wasted time at ottawa there are more canadian flags flying throughout the country today than ever before except perhaps in war time since this great flag display has come right at a time when we are in the height of the tourist sea son the benefit is even greater canadians have always been known for their backwardness in letting people know who they are and where they come from one way to stick out our chest is let our flag be seen flying at every opportunity commercial posibilities have been quick to follow on the announce ment of the pearson pennant instead of dangerous and gaudy ornaments fluttering on cars we now find canadian flags both the pro posed new flag and the red ensign being used though this display will not likely achieve the patriotic unity hoped for by the liberal gov ernment they do make striking car ornaments beyond that provided by the car manufacturers little wonder the courts are crowded friday morning at richmond hill was a prime example of the reason our local courts are crowded with cases that are adjourned week after week too often in our view the excuses put forward are totally invalid but to give the accused every break in the book the magistrate usually consents in many instances members of the legal profession are to blame they appear in court often unpre pared to handle the case or fail to put in an appearance at all on friday cases involving aid coming for although the tories as well as quebec legislative members continued to battle the measure every step of the way in the usual delaying tactic the federal governments measure to aid needy students who desire to attend university has now been passed in the course of the debate on the bill finance minister walter gordon suggested the principle of free university education for all with the necessary academic qualifications mr gordon is of course a great visionary and he was not speaking as the finance minister in this instance certainly neither the universities nor the government could cope with any such move at present however it is obvious that the alleged infractions on the picket una at amalgamated electric corpora tion were put over until sept 18th this matter has been hanging fire now for some time and many persons are continually inconvenienced through procedural delays one lawyer had the nerve to suggest to the magistrate that the defendants had plenty of time we would suggest that many people including the police have not the time to waste and the sooner the courts quash such tactics the better its little wonder that witnesses are reluctant to offer their services deserving students time will come within possibly a few decades when university educa tion in canada will be free it is an opportunity which should be avail able regardless of capacity to pay the new loan bill is the governments answer to the financial needs of many who on academic grounds a 1 qualified to attend university and it has general support quebecs opposition reflects this provinces attitude to many federal programs this is unfortunate but for the present will remain a federal handicap while the details of the loan bill are not entirely clear it is a step in the right direction it will be welcomed by thousands of students who otherwise would be unable to look ahead to an educational oppori tunity reeve makes good suggestion reeve timbers made a good suggestion at thursdays meeting of stouffville municipal council when he advocated a meeting of the public utilities commission and council to establish some policy regarding pro viding services to industry and commercial builders while we agree with one councilors suggestion that the size of the investment which the builder or firm is planning should have some bearing on the amount of help which should be forthcoming from the municipality some percent age formula might be worked out which could provide a basis stouffville- has never had any help policy for commercial or industrial expansion and as a conse quence reasonable and solid answers as to what the town expects of industry in the way of services have been hard to come by the ratepayers showed a keen interest in industry some time ago when they voted by a large majority to give council the right to even purchase land for this purpose while council has never found itself in such a flush financial position that it believed it could afford such a purchase the least that can be done would be to make some attractive offer in the matter of services competition in this field is terrific ally keen and some evidence of desire to have the growth must be put forward by the municipality if it is to be in the race at all council discussed the matter only briefly and no date was set for the meeting suggested by the reeve it is certainly hoped that the matter will not be set aside without action mepokt front jptabsititat fft i john h addison mp for the canadian economy iorelgn trade is pivotal canadian exports account for over twenty percent of our kross national product by comparison us export ac count or about 4 percent of american output for canada in other words foreign markets are five times more vital than for the united states trading nation both by this standard and by that of per capita exports and imports canada is first among the worlds foremost trading nations even an absolute vol ume of trade canada stands as the worlds fifth largest trader these striking figures alone however fail to convey the deep and decisive influence of trade on nearly every sector of the canadian economy first we are turned toward trade by your peculiar economic struc- turc our small and skilled po pulation of 19 million can best exploit the great resources of our continent wide country by producing an enormous surplus of a relatively few goods for sale abroad canadians have not tried to deveolp an artificial economy obsessed with attaining self sufficiency in every possible product rather this country hu chosen to finance our high living standard by deliberately cnphatlrlng that we can prc- 3 ducc most efficiently and sell abroad kxport economy exports breathe life into al most every region of our coun try our west coast ships ab road lumber and fish the prai ries export grain cattle fuels and hard minerals the northern part of central canada sells minerals and forest products and the atlantic provinces are geared to exports of fish wood minerals and fruit most of the secondary manufacturers of the rich industrial basin of lake ontario and the st lawrence are consumed in canada but in creasingly this region is selling abroad a profitable range of specialized equipment and of course this industrial heartland is indirectly dependent on the exports of the other regions for these regions can only buy from central canada if they have strong foreign markets trade policy all of this explains why can adians regard foreign trade as an activity of vital personal concern trade for the average canadian is not a distant pur suit reserved for governments and professional promoters it is the intimate daily substance of livelihood the canadian government in shaping and im plementing its trade policies never forgets this fact canadian economic and trad ing policy is clear our econo my is basically committed to free enterprlze under govern ment regulation designed to li berate all private initiative compatible with the public in terest in the world at large we are pledged to the orderly and aabsunual freeing of interna tional trade these have been the broad policies of canadas ministers of trado and commerce since the days of the great c d howe under him the department of trade and commerce in otta wa was developed to assist ca nadian traders exporters and importers as well as canadian manufacturers and consumers in the exploitation of world markets mitchell sharp that department is today headed by the honourable mit chell sharp he is a westerner who when forced to leave school at the age of 14 obtained his matriculation through night study he was later able to at tend university both in canada and in england he rose rapidly in govern ment csrvice to the position of associate deputy minister of trade and commerce represen ting the canadian government in trade negotiations through out the world he was later suc cessful in private business as well serving as vice president of one of canadas largest cor porations brazilian traction light and power company and finally as minister of trade and commerce in 1963 currently he is supervising canadian preparation for the kennedy round of world ta riff negotiations the outcome of these negotiations will be of decisive importance to canada in its trade liberalization policy as the minister of trade and commerce said in the house of commons never before has the world attempted such a far- reaching attack on internation al barriers to trade f hello voter hello nation here i am at camp concentration by bill smiley a summer rhapsody summertime in this country is a mixture of so many wonderful things that i would happily leave for the next world at once if someone said to me sorry old boy but youll never be able to spend another summer in canada perhaps the fascination of a canadian summer might be compared to falling in love once a year with a passionate unpredictable woman just as you are never sure where youie at with such a dame you are never sure of what a canadian summer has in store for you she might greet you with the warm seductive scents of june and just as you are about to seize her retreat into a frame of mind so chilly that youre diving for your recently discarded woollies in july she turns on the charm full blast clutching you in a sizzling embrace that makes your head reel and your feet falter but when you throw caution to the winds and submit yourself entirely to the affair in short when you go on your holidays she has a change of mood and weeps for two weeks without pause when august comes her murmurous langor the sheer delectable sight and smell of her sends you running once more into her round golden arms and her perfume gives you hay fever on labor day leaving you frustrated exasperated ex hausted and broke she smiles once enigmatically and heads south to look for fresher lovers and bigger bankrolls ah shes a bad one old mesmeranda summer she delights in making kids whiny or sick giving them sunburn and directing them into patches of poison ivy this for the sake of tormenting their mothers she doesnt like women you see that is young women and her malice towards them is easily grasped by looking at the costumes she persuades them to wear at the beaches and in town i wouldnt be surprised to hear her chortling merrily about the topless swim suit silliness which she doubtless started teenagers she likes to tease she fills them with myst erious urges and yearnings which make them drive like re tarded orangoutangs dance in their bare foet amid broken bottles and rattlesnakes and fall in iove with people who should be put away in institutions shes not pure evil though she has a rather soft spot for the older folk she warms their arthritic joints with her hot tender hands she fills their lonely hearts with pleasure in her loveliness and she reminds them in subtle fashion of the days when they knew her long ago when they were young and passionate themselves every time ifeel the cool smooth hands of children af ter swimming every time i walk a lonely beach and see lights across the bay every time i hear the silken rustling of her garments in the evening trees i know 1 am once again in thrall to that wonderful witch the canadian summer and im glad editors mail dear sir early last march a group of senior citizens under the lead ership of miss ethel neilson met together to discuss ways and means of obtaining an in crease in pension and benefits for our senior citizens the main objective is to increase the pension from 7500 to 10000 a month said pension to be tied to the cost of living the above group will strive to obtain nam es of a petition so that some time in the fall thousands of names from each province will be presented to the government anyone interested in getting this increase for senior citizens please contact miss ethel neil- son chairman senior womens committee for pension increase 172 madison avenue toronto 5 ontario sincerely yours ethel neilson july 31st 1964 the tribune stouffville ontario dear mr editor time and again articles ap pear in the tribune about children being bitten by dogs in most instances the child tea ses the dog gets bitten and then the parents scream blue mur der how else is the poor ani mal going to defend himself instead of punishing the dog i say punish the child im not a dog owner but i believe in fair play yes even for animals mrs elaine king pouce deal with 455 occurences the regular monthly report of the stouftville police dept showed that the officers dealt with 455 occurrences during the month during this period 20 summonses were issued 15 under the highway traffic act and 5 under the liquor control act the report further stated that 16 business places had been found insecure at night a total of 119 warnings had been issued to motorists and 24 cyc lists had been cautioned i will have mercy on whom i will have mercy and i will have comoassion on whom i will have compassion exodus 3319 we have but to look at the record to examine these words spoken to moses to understand that god is both righteous and merciful yet the truth is that most of us give little thoughtto these mat ters until by reason of some trial or tribulation we turn to god for help and assistance we forget about god when we think we do not need help or assistance just as we never think about an um brella until the sky becomes filled with dark clouds or it begins to rain we should as paul the apostle cautioned the romans become servants of righteousness we should as christians avoid sin and temper our own lives with mercy and compassion for others read your bi31e daily and go to church sunday roamin around it may be the beginning of the end for the summer shad provided by the grove of elm trees in memorial park two have been stricken by a grub possibly dutch elm disease and will have to be removed soon before they come down over the roadway in a storm there is no immediate indication anv others are effected but it might be just a matter of time so far there appears to be no remedy for the disease that has des troyed so many lofty elms every magazine store including the ones in stouffville are plagued from time to time with children and some adults who prefer to catch up on a little reading and looking and then place the book back on the rack without a purchase in such a shop south of brooklln a sign is posted which reads if youve handled it youve bought it the little oneroom school may not meet the standards of many of todays educators but we must commend the trustee board of s3 no 19 markham con 9 for the immaculate ap pearance of the grounds there even during the summer va cation period some urban school premises that boast costiv interior frills cannot compare with the exterior neatness of this 75yearold structure it could be that the quality of educa tion is on a comparable basis speaking of neatness this writer complained several weeks ago concerning the unfinished state of the new jehovah witness chapel on montreal st in town in all fairness to this project we now agree that it is a good looking building and a credit to the congregation who supported its construction while on the subject of the jehovah witness sect several residents from stouffville and markham attended the recent rally at lindsay the attendance figure estimated at over 3700 this writer has one major argument with this group and it concerns their rejection of blood transfusions even for in fants and children who are too young to speik for themselves it means that in some cases these young ones are literally con demned to death by what might be called a barbaric superst ition when a member of the group can in reasonable terms a layman can understand explain the right behind such think ing we will be more prone to allow them at least one foot in the door a rather rare plant is flourishing in harolds grill on main street it is laden with fruit but so far no one seems to know what variety like the cake the answer could be in the eating as of july 30th the office of markham township police is under a new phone number stouffville and district residents should call 8865221 markham and unionville subscribers can phone 2971050 calls from here go through gormley numbers since unionville is now longdistance from stouffvihe how would you like to be a cow and have your hay ser ved up in forkfulls by a princess this is the present situation for the holsteins on the frank barkey farm near altona you see husband frank has an eye for practical beauty and his new bride is a former ontario county dairy queen no less such a pretty sight is enough to make any quadruped flip ils bag- it may be attributed to an increased advertising program but it is apparent that more and more 64 studebakers are oc cupying space in local driveways around town with the les wilson nameplate on the back in discussing points for and against this allcanadian car not one owner has registered a single complaint thats pretty fair advertising itself while on the subject of advertising the chicken barbecue restaurant at manchester on no 12 highway north of myrtle has built up an excellent reputation and people travel many miles to cat there many go from stouffville we understand that on a sunday its not unusual lo serve over 300 birds in a single day most people may or may not be aware of this columnists views on drinking motorists however recently we came across a little item which impressed us it read thus any man who drives while drunk should carry a coffin in his trunk were disillusioned we recently purchased a replica of mr pearsons approved maple leaf flavr while fondly cares sing the banner with pride and affection we noticed in small print the words made in japan speaking of flags some lowdown varmint had the aud acity to pin the pearson pennant on the front door of harry porters barbershop premises in claremont persons with any knowledge of mr porters political leanings can appreciate the fact fliat the aftermath of the intended joke did not vi brate the village with echoes of laughter the incident could be placed on the emergency agenda of the united nations homes are popping tip extremely fast in the sherwood park subdivision along no7 highway in marxham village on sunday we counted twenty with sold signs and several of these were only partially completed last week we had the pleasure of talking with mr glenn julian former councillor of pickering township and now the assist financial editor of the toronto telegram mr julian is still very interested in municipal affairs in the township but denies that he entertains any thought of tossing his hat into the election ring again it was during his period in office that council went through some of the stormiest meetings on re cord not one member of the council in 1956 remains in office today with lie international plowing match scheduled for lie masscyferguson farms in october 1965 a york county home stead improvement contest has been started the sponsors are the york cty federation of agriculture and the york cty plowmens assoc further information may be obtained from the committee secretary fred wicks rr 1 stouffville it is reported that two water samples have been taken from musselmans lake until a verified report is submitted from the department of health we will pass no comment on the matter a rather unfortunate incident occurred recently on the farm of mr geo rodanz nt ringwocd when his new multi- thousand dollar selfpropelled combine broke free from its moorings atop the barn hill and rammed into a tree below tho accident that caused some damage occurred before the big machine had completed its maiden rip through he field markham sof tball outfielder jimmy johnson is a fullfledg ed daddy mr and mrs johnson doris tidsbury welcomed a bouncing baby boy to their home last week only eight more to go for a full lineup speaking of softball the worlds champion girls cam of the us was in toronto recently and heir performance had fans on the edge of their scats local viewers contend that most district mens teams including murklium aces arc not in the same class we mould suggest however thnt win or lose it would be one way to pack the stands we were extremely pleased to receive a note from e w baker formerly of stouffville and now a resident of fenelon falls mr baker though in his 80th year is still an active painter and paperhanger he recalls that he attended public school at atha in 189596 but was unable to attend their re cent centennial program we understand that mr baker op erated the booth farm behind summit view school at one time we can say that he writes with a very clear hand for one of his years and we wish him many more of continued good health it would appear that he army worm menace in this area is on the wane we understand that some properties wcro hard hit while others in lie same general location remained untouched we felt that flic item prepared by allanwall york county agr rep and published in this newspaper was extrem ely timely and helpful if farmers havent got enough problems to contend with already this is one they can surely do without fortunately it only occurs once in every ten years and thats once too often this may be difficult to prove but we would suggest that the premarital expectation rate in the village of claremont is for the size of the community the highest in the province of ontario operators of the refreshment booth at the markham ball park have been plagued by children who break into the prem ises for a free coke these incident became more serious re cently when one thirsty thief neglected to turn off the fountaij tap and drained the soft drink container dry irr