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p9 1 the stouffvlue ttlhjme ttouky utra 11 1965 editorial teacher auction the scene which was enacted at a toronto hotel for the past weekend when representatives of some 125 ontario school boards and over 3000 school teachers engaged in bargaining sessions would suggest that there is still a shortage of quali fied teacher personnel in the province the trustees fry to secure proper instruction and the teachers shop around for the best terms representatives of both the stouffvilie high school and separate school boards were in attendance on saturday this annua slave auction type of interview sessions engaged in by the hoards of education are nothing new they used to be held in the various teachers colleges in ontario on fixed dates each year there board mem bers stouffvilie included had to com pete with other boards which had higher salary schedules than tho offered here a further indication of the de mand for teachers is seen in the fact that one toronto newspaper for sev eral days carried from 10 to 12 page of advertisements inserted by be tween 250 and 300 different educa tional boards this annua teacher auction is not a healthy situation it could be remedied and indeed ended if the de partment of education were to adopt the british system and have salary schedules for teachers settled on a provincewide basis so that no other board could offer higher terms than another this would eliminate the practice of boards bidding against each other for teachers or trying to steal teachers away from other towns by offering higher wages the brit ish system has much to commend it in this respect theres a brighter side its not often that we voice edi torial comment in connection with letters submitted for publication but a portion of the writings by mr les lie grove in this newspaper last week aroused us to a point of direct re buttal mr grove refers to the television set as the devils instrument after quoting from the results of a survey conducted by a us university christians get rid of them or youll regret it when your young folks get in deep trouble he advises we admit that there may be a few programs that arent worth the price of the hydro power consumed but these are vastly outweighed by excellent presentations both live and on film we do not feel that viewers young or old are pressed into any ab normal action by what they see on the tv screen that is if they are of sound mind to begin with no nor mal human being after watching gunsmoke would fake a potshot at the first bowlegged stranger he sees walking down main street nor is a person likely to rush to the freezer for a bottle of during an ad vertisement in the middle of an nhl game to condemn the entire television industry because a few of its pre- grams go against the viewers grain is like asking the board to put a pad lock on the town library because they have a halfdozen copies of fanny hill on file if they have puc nest egg it is now quite apparent that two members of stouffvilles public util ities commission have entirely oppo site view on the subject of financing major water or hydro services in town chairman walter atkinson ap pears to favour the buildup of a sur plus account a sort of nest egg that will be available when the need arises commissioner ken wagg advo cates a reduction of current rates and the borrowing of funds to cover the cost of pending projects actually there are advantages to both schemes but we feel that the puc should establish a financing policy in an effort to eliminate this subject of continuous debate until recently we were all for the reduction of rates especially in hydro we advocated this policy be cause on paper we could see no posi tive program of any major signifi cance in a finalized planning stage now however with the sinking of water test drills and the proposed erection of a hydro sub station we can see the benefit of the golden eggs in the feathered nest salting the funds away for that pending rainy day is sound business administration if 1 the ultimate use of this surplus money is clearly defined and 2 to obtain this sur plus the current rates do not become more than the traffic can bear the commission memhers them selves are in the best position to know the most practical policy to follow we wish that they would reach a common ground of opinion could prove beneficial the newlyorganized markham twp citizens committee is moving ahead now although we were initially dubious concerning the progressive effectiveness of this group it is now quite obvious that their operation can be of assistance to the municipal ity and its governing officials first impressions can sometimes be deceiving and the rather cool reception tendered this body in its debut before council tended to malign the motives of their good intentions if we were hasty in our editorial criticisms of this committee it must also be said that the committee was lax in the other extreme in not pro viding the local press with back ground information on the purpose of their founding we only know what we hear and we only hear what we are told one thing that stands this or ganization in good favour is the ex cellent choice of executive personnel representing a good crosssection of the entire municipality there is room in any town or township for such a group and we wish them well planning for people contributed with word that the omb has approved markham townships appli cation for increased density in two thornhill subdivisions comes a re minder that urban residential condi tions are coming closer whether this is good depends on quite a few factors including concur rent nonresidential development however most of the attention given industrial development has been based on hunger for school tax in come this in turn has led to com petition for industry with various in centives and bonuses being offered which tend to offset the desired tax benefit more attention should be given to the suitability of the new tax payer in his new suburban setting does he provide a service needed by the community does he provide employment of a type required by suburban dwellers commuter problems could be cased by bringing jobs to the people instead of the reverse this would reduce road costs and also the traffic strain on those who wish to enjoy the fresh air and elbow room of the countryside higher population density de stroys the country amenities for which the commuter struggles but higher employment density could reduce that commuting strug gle and planning boards can if they wish prepare for those businesses which provide the type of employ ment appropriate to the type of people who are beneficial to a subur ban community deaf mnrivihl fa znuer io your letter please foruatrd clearing the battle scars of war not evident in west germany byc h nolan the big storm delayed our takeoff from uplands rcaf base for the first leg of our trip to europe to visit the canadian brigade and rcaf bases conducting our party of 17 canadian weekly newspaper publishers from all across the dominion is capt a k mac- donald of information services dept after a 24hour delay we fin ally moved off flying from ot tawa to trenton where we board ed a big yukon personnel trans port for the nonstop 10hour flight to marville france we had 130 on board many wives and children of soldiers over seas capacity of the plane is 160 the uneventful flight brought us in over prestwick scotland and we passed over london five miles up it was 40 degrees below outside the cap tain advised marville rcaf base is north of paris not far from metz we were given lunch at the officers mess and reboarded for an hours flight to the city of dus- seldorf the edon hotel carnival time it is carnival time in these german cities and the place real ly bounces most of the night there are great throngs in the streets many in gay costumes and the beer gardens are jam med dusseldorf took a real past ing during the war but after a scant 20 years you would scarcely know it fine stores and clean broad streets are every where i was struck by the pros perous appearance of almost everyone whole families walk ed the streets some singing bet ter dressed than you see in to ronto usually the small chil dren wore fancy costumes there is new construction every where and heavy traffic it was a typical example of west ger manys rapid recovery we moved out by bus for so- est going through the great saar valley crowded with indus try the road system is wonder ful with great interchanges equ ally as complex as any at home towns are closely packed with one of them boasting an elevated monorail street car system over forty years old scene of a uald of particular interest in the 2- hour drive was the mohne dam 1his was one of tlie three dams which was breached in the fam ed dam busters raid of the raf the famed raid is on the news stand in book form and is also a movie over 120 german industries were crippled by lack of power after the raid we stopped briefly by a cross some distance down the valley whicli marks all that remains of a small village completely wiped out by the great wall of water which surged down the valley a thousand people lost their lives below the three dams and the raf paid a heavy price hut the hit was considered strate gic the dams had to be hit from the upstream side as they were 100 feet thick at the base this made the job particularly haz ardous as planes had to fly very low and were caught in murder- ours crossfire from the many guns protecting the dams we travelled the no 1 route today used by napoleon in his march on russia soest is an ancient german town with much of its wall still standing the history can be traced back 1000 years when it was a cultural centre today 11 is the headquarters for the ca nadian brigade nike missiles were standing aimed at the sky near the out skirts as we drove by and near by is a tower alone on a hill marking the birthplace of bis- mark sugar and splte by bill smiley some spring fancies we all know what a young mans fancy is supposed to light ly turn to in spring but when you get right down to it young men are vastly uninteresting except to themselves recruiting officers and of course young women so we will ignore the fancy of young men this spring espe cially since its lightly turned to the same sort of thoughts in the other three seasons too lets examine the fancies of some of the more interesting age groups sole aim of very small males in the spring seems to be mud they love mud it has the same fascination for them that it has for small plg they like fo walk in it kneel in it roll in it push small girls down in if and bring as much as possible of it home with them slightly older boys have a fancy in ihe spring for anything that is dangerous foolish or irritating on the first day the temperature is above 40 they want to go hatiess and barefoot they build rafts that sink they dig caves in the sides of crumb ly sandpits they cross swollen streams on the slippery trunks of fallen trees they walk on railway tracks the mature or married man is stunned by spring a few weeks ago his home was quite attractive with that nice white snow covering everything now its nothing but a big fat eye sore paint peeling eavestroughs dangling cellar window brok en and a potato sack stuffed in it storm window for the south east side of the kitchen still leaning against the house where he left it last fall front lawn littered with kiddy car grapefruit rinds dropped while hustling out wine bottles contributed by passersby the rake a pile of dead leaves and the whole torn into trendies worthy of flanders fields by the visits of the coal truck he does ihe only sensible thing in the clcumstances he sits down with pencil and paper and lays out a plan of cleaning up painting and general improvements he reads it triumphantly to his wife hes so sincere shes really impressed shes proud of him a new leaf first job hell tackle is the front lawn then the cellar half an hour inter she discovers he new leaf is just the other side of the same one he turned over last year she catches him cleaning up the front lawn by chipping grapefruit skins into the coaltruck crate with a golf club they have words she dons her boots and rakes ihe lawn sending him io ihe cellar when he doesnt show up for supper she figures hes really bucking down to it and goes down cellar to call him and these he is crouched on the lemnants of the coalpile with his ashing rod practising his flycasting into the large pool between the vegetablebin and the furnace what about the oldster the codger what kind of a fancy docs lie have come spring after dicing with death through a long cruel winter when his old sidekicks were appearing with monotonous regularity on the obituary page i imagine hes pretty pleased with himself in fact i know he is i was talking to one the other day as he sunned himself in front of the post office he told me didnt think id make it back there in january flat on my back and gettln worse every day the old lady practically had the insurance collected and off o florida for hie rest of ihe winter bl with an evil chuckle she got fooled she caughl the cold and i buried ei the end of february have a snort now whenever i feel like ii say son when do hem tourists star fo arrive im going o spend the whole summer watchln ihem girls in their shorts i figure it wont do ihem any harm and should do me a lot of good teije tuuffinllr ribuue established 1 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffvilie ont in canada s400 elsewhere 600 c h nolan pnmlshct 4as thomas kdllnr jas mekean advertising roaniin around we ire this week indebted to orchard park public school principal keith sutherland for uncovering a ropv of the stouffvilie alert published in 1stt to our knowledge it is th only issue in existence although almost ss years old it is in very readable condition and some of the items contained in it are quite interesting we will bring a few of them to vour at tention in this column the publisher of the alert was one james wideman and it is quite obvious that his one ambition was to save the com munity and its residents from that dastardly curse known as drink so resigned to this purpose was mr wideman tht he termed his paper the local temperance journal the price per issue was three cents or 100 per year payable in advance one topic of interest concerns a meeting of the east york liberal conservative association on the agricultural grounds in markham village rt hon sir john a macdonald will be pres ent another item reads that sir john a macdonald 1 consider ing retirement a suggested successor is dr tupper but the paper contends that he would not be as successful as sir john tlie population of stouffvilie in 1s7t was 870 people and growing by about 100 each year cattle herding was permitted on the streets in town but no cows were permitted to run at large since they tended to dam age the trees and sidewalks track laying has been commenced on the lake simcoe junction railway and is to be pushed with vigor mr john jerman town blacksmith is very ill we undca- tand his illness is caused by a kick from a horse the markham troop of cavalry are drilling in unionvjille this week they present a fine appearance markham twp council has held up an expenditure off 15 that was to go toward the opening up of the sixth concession through unionville at e burks cheap cash store in markham 100 will buy any one of the following items 7 gals of coal oil ms lbs of raisins 21 bars of good toap or 3 lbs of green or black tea the green river sons of temperance will hold a tea party today the prohibition question will never be fairly met until temperance men show that they will not support amy candidate for public office who is not a tried prohibitionisi no matter what party he hails from the time is not far distant when temperance men will go to the polls in a body and demand prohibition a very interesting game of cricket was played on saturday between clubs from claremont and unionville dominion day will be celebrated in stouffvilie with the lav- ing of the corner stone for the new congregational church the festivities will be held in the grove of wm brown esq and following the dinner short and spicy speeches will be made by both toronto and resident ministers a brass band will enliven the proceedings the following advertisers names are prominently displayed henry wales and sons markham carriage works c h chant undertaker unionville funerals attended on short notice and all requisites supplied hearse for hire the red white and blue flag store stouffvilie opposite knilis hotel all kinds of produce taken in exchange d fox and co s j fenton dry goods groceries crockery glassware boots and shoes east end stouffvilie r j daly main st stouffvilie boot and shoemaker f wixon agent for tlie royce reaper also mason and hamlin organs stouffvilie w kirton dealer in groceries crockery glassware main st stouffvilie nearly opposite the post office everything good and cheap w p hartney near the railway track main st stouffvilie the highest prices paid for wool gibney and son stouffvilie foun dry and machine shop hardware store and tin shop j obrien prop opposite the american hotel main st stouirville stouffvilie carriage works w b brown carriage builder d mcrae merchant tailor main st markham next door to mrs smardons boot store john patrick harness maker union ville horses carefully measured and fitted with collars john stephenson clerk and treasurer of markham twp will be at halls hotel markham every monday to attend to business in connection with the second division court what is the definition of an optimist t hes ihe coach of the lake wilcox hockey team who in the final thirty second of a community league playoff game on friday night pulled his goallender in favour of an extra forward with his club trailing by a score of 63 local druggist john houston has very kindly donated a first aid kit to the stouffvilie police department for use in the cruiser it lias already been used to good advantage whitchurch twp police department are enforcing the 40 mile speed zone limit west of ringwnod they had their radar unit working in ihe area last week and several were caught in the beam including i his writer owners of wayward dogs in stouffvilie may soon find their pets impounded with the coming of spring canine control officer ollle pellett plans to impose an immediate crackdown on the same subject dog tag fees will now be payable at th clerks office and will not be collected by the assessor a tn previous years tlie big snow storm of two weeks ago is now history hut it is interesting io know that it cost the town approximately 2000 in a roundtheclock cleanup campaign we feel that road supt elgin wagg is to be commended for his rather quick action in acquiring machinery from scar- boro and uxbridge to free some of the snowclogged ditches in town on friday the move was made just in time before the rain on saturday that could have resulted in serious flooding the threeday extension for 65 licence plate markers pro vided some drivers willi a lastminute breather stouffvilie police didnt lay a single charge in this connection and every thing was also in order down markham twp way too were pleased to see that the twp of pickering is making good use of their soontobeerectcd nuclear power plant project the second largest in the world this information is stamped on every envelope going out of the municipal office at brougham the sloiitfvulc players group will stage a fact comedy doctor in the house in ihe legion hall on april hill and oils members of the cast include frank steele klsa bevan jerome ijeljiurier jewel stoyan dennis kmpson pat dymnnd wllf mcwiilnnle frank barker and jean oneill the director is dorecn xorthovcr ami ihe slage manager is jack miimford mr and mrs fred constable of rr 2 woodbridge must in deed be proud of their family all four daughters have during the past five years been cidwncd as beauty queens in that dis trict freda anne joan and donna the slouftville lions club is once again in charge of fh faster seal campaign for crippled children iast year only 500 of the 2500 envelopes mailed oul were returned with dona tions in olal about 1200 was collected its a most worthy cause and every dollar helps gormleys masseyferguson dealer stewart rumble re- ceived a bonus with a recent shipment of tractors when he found a stowaway lien perched atop one of the machines the biddy had apparently completed the 250 mile trip nonstop from de troit and although a little windblown she soon responded to heattreatment and feather massage it is understood that us customs officials will waive the usually duty fee on this import and chalk it up to good public relations chief kllenberger and the uxbrldga police department have a real frustrating case on ihclr hands it seems that soma individual in ihe area lakes delight in phoning ladles during the earlymorning hours lining profane language and in general making life miserable the chief said lhat he has received mora than 800 reports of such occurrences allan flson of uxbridge injured bark in december when a snowmobile he was driving crashed through the ice at the bluegrass turf farm near glasgow is still confined to hospital both legs were broken and the one was badly splintered it is not expected that he will be able to walk until the fall and even then he will require the use of crutches the original maple iag flag at orchard park school stolen only four days after ii was officially erected has never been relumed the one now fljlng is a brand new banner j j i