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ftp 1 thf stourtvujj tbiiwf ttwrby vn 7i k65 editorial how about fewer vehicles in the park now that the days of warm weather picnic and dust are here again it has occurred to us that stouffville memorial park which is one of the finest smalltown parks in the country could do with much less vehicular traffic than at present in our opinion the number of vehicle entrances into the park are not necessary and it would be a much finer place to picnic and have small children running about if some of these were turned into pedestrian walkways only there is practically a thruway from east to west with cars swishing through at all rates of speed not only making it dangerous hut showering dust and dirt over pic nickers as they go in addition there i no need for vehicles to be allowed south on church st farther than the memorial park gales there is ample parking space on the arena side of the park leaving road access to the sewage disposal plant and the east entrance to the swimming pool building certainly pedestrian walkways from the park gates south and from the entrance to the park property on burkholder st would be much easier to maintain in addition to making our park a much safer cleaner and pleas ant place to picnic and spend leisure a sports leader stouffvilles summer sports pro gram is in a chaotic condition and this hit and miss operation should be corrected and soon the main prob lem lies in the fact that there is no overall organization no leader to take charge and give a little direction right now here in town with a population in excess of 3700 we have only two organized teams in action with a third a girls club in the plan ning stage some attempt is being made to get the young lads going but how can two or three men cope with a poten- fcial of tvo hundred its just not possible its time for stouffville to ac quire the services of a recreational director a paid employee who can afford to spend the time necessary to handle the job time there seems to be a great ten dency on the part of people in this country to want to drive their cars practically inside the building or centre they are wanting to get to the idea that they might walk a bit has apparently never occurred- to them keeping vehicles confined to the east side of the park would create no hardship certainly the residents on church st south and burkholder st would no doubt welcome the relief from the through traffic which in our opinion is not necessary the present park bridge would then be quite ample as our community grows and as more buildings have been added in the park further eliminating the fine open space our park has beome none too large for the needs the conges tion thai is caused by the great in flux of vehicles plus those which con stantly drive right through the cen tre of the picnic ground for no reason at all adds to the space shortage as well as making the place much less attractive lets keep the park for its recreational purposes and people on foot some properly placed pedestrian posts signs and a little more asphalt for the people to walk on would do the job nicely is badly needed- it could be a parttime post to start at a salary of perhaps 2000 as the community continues to grow and additional recreation services are necessary his duties would also in crease and the wage would go up ac cordingly at the same time stouff ville should also assume the status of a community centre and obtain the grants that are made available under such a program it was mentioned recently in council that with the returns to the town from the arena stouffville ac tually made money out of its recrea tion we feel that this is a shameful admittance we are fortunate here to have marvellous facilities much of it freegratis gifts its about time that we spent a few dollars on our own instead of coasting along on financial handouts and getting no where duties should be more defined road foreman elgin wagg was subjected to some criticism by cer tain members of the town council last week for work or lack of it per formed locally during the past month deputyreeve laushway and council lor parsons expressed particular con cern over the cost of oiling and sand ing completed recently their com plaint in this regard may be justified since figures as compared with pre vious years are much higher we think there is some confusion however over what the duties of a town road foreman should be we feel that the employee himself is at a loss to know just where he stands school urtifon the home and school associa tion at uxbridge has approved the purchase of uniforms for public school pupils and the new outfits will be available for the opening of the september term we viewed them for the first time last week and we think they look exceptionally smart it is not compulsory for students to wear them but the idea has apparently been well received by many parents at the present time he is doing both manual and supervisory work is this expected of him one mem ber seems to feel that it is while an other contends that it isnt the fore man is left in the centre not knowing which way to turn we feel that supervision over work programs is of prime import ance and should hold priority over all else pick and shovel jobs should be delegated to others who are hired specifically for this purpose if this is the councils wish then they should make it quite clear in order that problems of a similar nature do not occur again is look smart the girls dress includes a while blouse and a black watch tunic kor boys it is a black watch shirt and gray trousers in the summer the boys may wear a green sweater as an alternative we have always been in favour of student uniforms and we feel that a similar program should be promot ed here although it should not be made compulsory we think that most parents would be impressed with the pupils appearance as we were it s the tribune for office supplies telephone 6402100 6402101 vlhe tnuffuillf crilnutf kstamishkd ism member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association anthorlti ltndelaa mitl poatcau dfpl ottftwa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 40 elsewhere 6 c h jioian rilmmirr 4as thomas krtltor 4as mrrkan aihertwnr amending the tail that wags the dog school of dance in stouffville founded by former london west end star by motile stewart backstage at stouffville high school auditorium last satur day night saw ballerinas folk dancers mechanical dolls toy hussars and other small make- believe folk busily preparing tor curtain time students of the edgevale school of dance were showing a packed audience of proud par ents and friends their progress of the past winter term under the direction of prin cipal mrs mollie mumford cdta and accompanied by pianist isobel coghlin ihe stu dents went through their respec tiveroutines with a finesse com parable to more professional dancers included on the program were a medley of national dances choreography from the broad way bit musicals hello dolly oklahoma the toy shop ballet and a punch and judy dance routine mrs mumford opened her school of dancing in stouffville in 1959 for the past tew years she had held classes in the audi torium at markham shopping plaza she wowed london the xormer professional dan cer is originally irom lahiier cornwall england her parents moved to london after the first world war mollie was enrolled when a small child in the cone school of dancing oxford st london her teacher had been a member of the royal academy mollie studied at the school for a number of years with the intention of becoming a dance teacher herself after becoming proficient in ballet and dance techniques she obtained small parts in west end musicals and shows i guess the theatre is in my blood she said i starred in floodlight a production by beverley nichols the choreo grapher of fred ashton now director of the royal ballet then i studied tap under buddie bradley we played in many musicals films cabaret shows amongst the places we were billed was the victoria palace princes grill grosvenor house did war service during world war 11 t ook part in ensa shows once we did a command performance for queen mary at badminglon hall the place was crowded with servicemen the queen mother was grand when we chatted with her afterwards from 19411942 mollie served with the wrkns she was stationed with ihe foreign of fice in germany from 19451946 but kept her dancing up she starred in a hamburg musical then came marriage to an englishman and emigration to canada i felt the need to start a dancing school here when i found out children do not have compulsory physical education i think they need something she said one of mollies best pupils auditioned tor the bolshoi bil let when it played toronto nnd passed the examinations he is danni sandiford he also auditioned or the national ballet and won a schol arship he has appealed with the kiev ballet and the royal ballet this august he will star in the national ballet when they go to washington canada has no background yet in ballet said mollie but this is a good ibing because they can lake the best from all the other foreign companies and exert a national influence of ihcir very own mt spice by bfflhsmileyj new breed of pygmies well father how did you enjoy your day personally fathers day saddened me as it saddens me each year the mere existence of such a day is an indication of the new low to which the father has sunk in the family unit just a few decades ago every day was fathers day and there was no fooling about it when i was a kid there was none of this nonsense of father helping around the house nowadays fathers scrub the kitchen floor on their day off and help with the dishes after dinner in the good old days father didnt have a day off in the first place and mother wouldnt have let him dry the dishes in the second because she knew her place and his perhaps its the increase in leisure lime that has turned the head of the house into the foot of the family a substitute babysiiter an unpaid domestic slave a handy wailingwall and in general a pale reflection of his dignified respected male forebears unlil a couple of decades ago father worked a sixday 60- hour week bui he didnt get ulcers or drop dead at 45 and do you know why because he didnt see as much of his family as the poor cripplegutted creature who brings home the bacon today nowadays father gets a day off does he potter in the garden does he go fishing does he play golf with the boys would it were so he is kicked into the street with the childien while mother does whatever modern women do around home with 2000 worth of laborsaving machinery there is nothing more pitiable than the sight of a father on iiis day oil wandering forlornly about a supermarket trailed by two or three whining kids when my dad got home from work he didnt have to set the table run around looking for the kids then jump in the car and go to get a quart of milk nor did he have to vpick up a few things on the way home because mother looked after her own shopping no sir when my dad got home from work he was greeted affectionately bill politely and left alone he retired to his chair and read his paper until he was called for sup per during the meal he was not forced to listen to a 30- miniile monologue about the terrible day mother had nor did he have to break up quarrels among the children they wouldnt have dared squabble and on the weekend my dad wasnt expected to turn into a parly boy he was tired on saturday night and he went to bed if he felt like going to church next day he did if he didnt be didnl but he wasnt pestered all day sunday by kids wanting o be taken swimming or wife wanting to go for a drive or have somebody in he made the decisions if he just wanted to sit on the verandah and look at the grass growing he did not that he was an ogre usually wt went for a picnic on sunday but there wasnt any dam foolishness about dad doing t lie cooking on an outdoor grill mother made the lunch and dad would sit on a slump in his sunday best gazing with dignity and a certain amount of distaste at nature after lunch he would recline on a blanket in ihe shade he was relaxed that man another reason for his unquestioned headofthehouse status was that we didnt argue with him now you have to discuss everything with the brats todays father can get into a 20minute argument with any kid over the age of five at the drop of a suggestion and come out whimpering one generation has turned fathers from giants lo pym- mies and now if youll pardon me t have to go and make the beds while my wife dries her hair and watches a little tv pension at 69 for 75000 ontario residents over 75000 residents of onta rio will soon be eligible to re ceive the old age security pen sion at age 69 37000 of these will reach age g9 during 1965 and should apply immediately in order thai cheques may be re ceived commencing january 1966 another 38000 will reach age 69 during 1966 and should apply six months ahead of the 69lh birthday so that cheques can he re rived romnirnring the mouth following the 59th birth day this has been made possible as a result of a recent change in the old age security act beginning january l 1966 the eligible age will be reduced to 69 there will be a similar low ering of the age requirement by one year in january of each succeeding year until 1970 when the pensionable age will be 65 years persons receiving old age assistance or a blind or dis abled persons allowance do not need to send in an application form the provincial depart- roamiit around we ventured into another world on saturday night a world so awesome and strange that even its seeing does not guarantee ones believing the location is only one block from civilization and less than 25 miles from stouffville it is call ed yorkville village the scene surpasses any sideshow at a circus and the actors are the spectators we became one of that milling audience it was about 1 130 pm when we joined a crowd of hundreds and hundreds of people jammed into an area that would extend no further by comparison than from mill to church sts the throng mainly young folk in their late teens and early twenties was so thick that they spilled out on the roadway the seething mass of restless humanity was constantly on the moe walking up and down back and forth the inosi amazing part of this gathering was the kind of persons who comprised this crowd some looked weird especially the girls with hair looking like a bleached pile of sunsoaked hay and clothing of many colours the bovs sport ed eventhing from beatle to brush cuts we spotted several with beards and many wore dark glasses although the lights werent that bright and the sun certainly wasnt shining the coffee houses were doing a booming business even at 25c a cup and the sound of music from the various night spots echoed out on the street all along the sidewalk there are little pockets of young people gathered in intense discussion one group was talking religion another art while another was sizing up the attributes of a pair of unescorted girls the crowd was an exceptionally orderly one although an eery feeling of tenseness permeates the air as if at any given moment the milling audience could turn into a fren zied mob we noticed only one sign of suggested physical disorder and this pair of grade school pugilists were quick ly separated by an older lad who warned cut it out or the cops will grab you as tor law enforcement we spotted onlv three policemen on the beat although more were possiblv located nearby in case of trouble nothing short of an array unit could have quelled that crowd if something had devel oped all along the yorkville route literature is distributed we accepted one free sheet that advertised a rock and roll dance on sunday night the place was called the devils den another bcwhiskered peddler was calling for a halt to americas participation in the vietnam war while another was selling issues ol the yorkville newspaper at 35c a copv all in all it was a most exciting hallhour of mvsterv comedv and intrigue a sort of twilight zone in the city of toronto the stoiiftvillc park was swelled by more than 800 chil dren and adults on saturday afternoon on the occasion of the annual congregational picnic of calvary baptist church toronto a sort of offseason gettogether of the clipper hockey team has been arranged for the willows golf course on saturday july 10th this is the first such midsummer gather ing and we think its a tine idea it is reported that a genuine wolf den inhabits the glas gow area or uxbridge twp to date no one has been able to find the brood although several lads have combed the dis trict in search of it we think that the twolegged species are the ones that require watching puc secretary elmer daniels reports that on a normal day water consumption in stouffville amounts to about 350 000 gallons during hot weather however it will soar to 550000 gallons due mainly to the use of lawn sprinklers we were handed a picture recently taken in 1941 of the grade 5 and 6 class at the stouffville public school so far we havent been able to name each of the pupils because as one can imagine their appearance lias changed somewhat during ihe past 24 years the teacher is gladys brooks and ihe students are verna hogan alice forsyth betty wood land nora harman evelyn warriner betty harman mary willoughby gladys keeping ted barry bob wealherall ken wagg gord forsyth art keith harry bridges fred pugh fred mantle doug ward wallace james lloyd jen nings carol wcldon helen law audrey bell erllne paisley betty miller audrey good kay dowswcli marion sanderson audrey thorn kay barry eunice corcoran bert stouffer carl wideman ray madill normie lehman bruce paisley doug coy lome schcll and percy schell our apologies to the girls if we have revealed iheir ages that nowfamous cat at patrick motors that gave birth lo four little ones inside an old truck tire has done it again last week she produced number live a soil of delayed action effort the family is no longer living in the lire but according to ken patrick she should be both tired and retired on the same subject patrick motors completed delivery on saturday of a new gmc tractor truck their second similar sale in the past two months the big machine minus the trailer cost 23000 the name of the purchaser is mr john ford of ajax interested in the purchase of a racy chevrolet corvelle hans deheus has a for sale sign on his 59 with an asking price of something like 52500 its a real beauty the gokart fad is not entirely dead nor is the track at goodwood according to a feature slory in the after four sec tion of lasl thursdays tcly a crowd estimated at over 800 attended the okeefe rally in uxbridge twp and this number according to the story would have been doubled if the weather had been more favourable john meakes son of mr and mrs bob meakes manitoba st is the lone stouffville boy performing in the lacrosse league active in markham in a recent game againsl brooklin markham were the winners by a 51 score and john counted three of them at oshswa the green gaels are burning iip that league posting onesided scores against all opposition one of the players wilh that club is sandy sandford of whilby a nephew of mrs bill lennox the gentleman responsible for the clean main street in stouffville is mr albert sweeney montreal si heber down of brooklin has been winning ribbons wilh his prize teams of heavy horses for many years on june 12th at aurora his team of clydesdales caplurcd the top award in the class keith hobden also of brooklin had the best team of belgians it is now going on two years since a man was killed at ihe intersection of steeles avenue and the don mills road at the inquest that followed it was strongly recommended that traffic lights be installed at ibis corner as of last satur day night nothing had been done during the past two weeks ihe vance ambulance based in markham village has handled no less than 16 calls how good is your memory it was five years ago that the stouffville municipal building was officially opened and ihe greenwood school marked its centennial ten years ago a double funeral was held for accident victims truman eagleson and his sister ella killed in a violent cartruck crash on the don miils rd the arena showed a financial loss and members elected to the new board included gar leh man reg button l e oneill lcs clarke waller brllllnger ken laushway and lcs wilson ratclllf and co joined the iga chain fifteen years ago the local girls softball team tied elgin mills 1616 hitting home runs for stouffville were eleanor crossen wcincr miller and myrtle staley stan ley ball son of dr and mrs s s ball received his ba degree from ihe university of toronto thirty years ago mr and mrs e a bulton and son john were injured when their mclaughlin bulck overturned while travelling to their cot tage at halls lake miss janet bruce was honoured for nn service as choir leader and organist al melville church the following were granted entrance certificates without writing examinations phyllis winn marjorle farthing kathleen turner ruth lehman erma dowswcli muriel tidy harold good freddie iloldcn lloyd wideman and mary davis ment of public welfare will ap- 1 director of old age security ply on their behalf and when completed should be application forms may he oh lainrd at any pom office or from the office of the regional sent to ihe regional director of old age security 25 st clair ave east toronlo 7 ontario