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rn 7 the stouffviu mum wtdw w 30 ws editorial better arrangements should be made outer school rendezvous if it if going to be so late in the season when the highway department passes through town painting the centre white line some better ar rangements should he made to keep our courtesy walk at mill and main sts painted at the present time there are practically no lines left at all and the season is well advanced people con tinue to stream across the highway at this point with danger to life and limb there is absolutely no indica tion to any motorist who is a stranger to town that he may expect to have pedestrians strike across the street in front of him at this point this is dangerous and should be rectified with the paint brush as quickly as possible the highway paint crew has not been on the scene yet and there is no indication of when they can be ex pected we still believe that more definite markings should be on the road when the job is done and have recommended that a wide lattice work of white should be used to fur ther emphasize that this is a point where pedestrians can be expected to cross lines were also placed at civic st and main and these too have been completely obliterated the traffic through town has been increasing by leaps and bounds and a large per centage of the motorists are strang ers who have no idea that these courtesy walks are here while these are not the safest type of cross walk lets at least keep them painted up and give both drivers and pedes trians some chance a hazard to be removed we were pleased to learn last week that a bridge on the 6th cone of markham twp near cashel is to be replaced the structure that must surely have been engineered with the horse and buggy in mind has rolled up quite a record of sideswiped fenders and frayed nerves over the years there is actually room for two cars to meet between the scarred abutments but very few motorists work on a pe we were confident that a deci sion by the pickering twp parks and recreation committee to allow grants to teams in the claremont commun ity softball league with only 100 per cent township resident players in their lineups would blow up a verbal storm at a meeting on june 0th the storm broke and at the conclusion of the heated discussion on the issue the committee chairman donald beer submitted his resignation and walked out this is a regrettable situation since no resident in the municipality has worked harder over the years in the promotion of local sports than donald beer summer and winter softball and hockey have occupied much of his time and his efforts as a member of the recreation associa tion have been continued in the same way have accomplished this feat success fully many have tried it however according to engineer dusan miklas the project wont cost the taxpayers a single cent since the municipalitys share will come out of a fund established following the rav ages of hurricane hazel we would wholly endorse the immediate goahead of this contract and were sure that persons who use this road regularly will favor it too r centage basis there are however valid argu ments for both sides why should funds raised by the taxpayers of pickering township be used to assist teams who employ the services of players who live perhaps in ajax pickering village or goodwood team representatives argue that the league would be inoperative with out a minimum number of imports we feel that to resolve the prob lem each club should submit to the recreation committee a list of its players and resident addresses and that grants should be paid on a per centage basis according to the num ber who actually reside within the township borders in this way some financial assistance would be forth coming and it might also prompt coaches to use the fumblefingered kid around the corner rather than some ringer from another town where do you turn to reach a town called stouffville this is a familiar question posed many times by strangers in the area especially during the summer season the location of stouffville has confused many a visiting hockey club in the winter and a sports writer from owen sound once dedicated his entire column to this challenge we doubt that any town of com parable size receives so little bene- little highway advertising fit of highway advertising through out all ontario the old slogan the lord helps those who help themselves also holds true here its nice to know that the lions club plans to locate two welcome signs at either end of the municipality and all it will cost the town is 32 plus some assistance to erect them we think its a fine gesture and one that will serve a very necessary purpose a policy that should be questioned a i a coroners inquest here last week it was learned that an 82 year old toronto motorist involved in a fatal accident near markham recent ly had received a temporary permit to drive in spile of the fact that he had failed his test last may the mans wife a passenger in the auto was instantly killed in the crash this policy apparently practiced by the dept of transport is indeed a its camp time its camp time again beginning this week a number of our young people will be off once more to sum mer camps theres a real magic about these camps which boys and girls remember all their lives its a wonderful experience for them its a great experience into dem ocratic living the young people are introduced into thinking not just of their own wishes but the desires of the camp as a unit under the wise rather loose one no one appeared lo have any concrete explanation for it and the jury expressed some surprise when this information was revealed what good is there in making drivers tests compulsory for 75 year old motorists if despite a failure they are issued a temporary licence and allowed the very same privileges following the hearing the jury recommended that this practice be reviewed we cant understand why it was ever started again direction of able counsellors they learn to carry out an activity where each must take turns and carry his or her own load any good camp is a marvellous investment it pays big dividends in health growth in skills and charac ter you could do no better than send your boy or girl to camp this summer if theyve a yen to go the years when these young people long to go to camp pass very quickly and there is no substitute for this experience t stouffnillr tsrihunr 1 ls kstahushkd 15t member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario weekly newspapers association jtathomm al aordlt mail roatoffica drt ottawa member of the audit bureau of circulations issued every thursday at stouffville out in canada 400 elsewhere 600 c h ola- publisher jas thomas editor jas mckkav adiertisiiie ah the kids want to see bed kelly two young boys who had been sitting at opposite ends of the commons gallery met out side the parliament buildings and compared notes on what they had seen i got a real good view of pearson and dicfenbaker said one yeah said the other but you couldnt see red kelly i bet mr kelly liberal member of parliament for york west and star centre for toronto alaple and spice when movies meant more in one small town after another the local moviehouse once the towns foremost center of secondhand sin and sex violence and valor excitement and ecstasy is darkening its former bright spot on the main street and closing its doors to stand there in bleak reproach mute testimony to the havoc that is being wrought on our culture by that oneeyed mon ster the television set i read the other day that the theatre had been closed in my old home town and it gave me quite a pang like learning leafs sits at one end of the i f the death of a boyhood friend still in his best years for chamber not in full view of the gallery another day a young tourist walked up to the information desk in search of two answers where is mr pearsons office and where is red kellys mr kellys office unlike the prime ministers is somewhat difficult to stumble across since its off in an alcove in the west block but a remarkable number of people manage to find it often its a busload of school children invited to ottawa by a member along with all the other attractions they want to see red kelly i hate to say no says the quiet almost shy member but sometimes it takes a heck of a lot of time in most cases autographs are involved plus a jabbering ques tionperiod on hockey olten the sessions are unexpected as when the redheaded mem ber takes a stroll outside the parliament buildings once hes spotted by a group of young sters the heat is on every day his mailbox con tains invitations for him to ap pear at functions that vary from sunday school picnics to celeb rity dinners sometimes its a little too much he said but i really like to go to the small organ- zalons which cant afford to hire speakers mr kelly elected to parlia ment in 1962 is looking forward lo a summer parliamentary re cess so he can take an allem bracing look at his future hell decide whether to continue playing hockey next season at the moment 1 think its highly unlikely and whether lie will aim at a litelong career in polities one of the factors that will influence his decision is his family life his wife and three children live in toronto and he sees them only on weekends when the house is not sitting during the winter when hes playing hockey he seldom has a full day at home uneven light can be home danger darkness and glare are two of the most dangerous conditions in a home poor lighting is the cause of a great many accidental falls and thousands of crippling ac cidents cuts burns and bruises darkness alone is not the cause of tripping over an object or stumbling down a stairway momentary blindness caused by glaring light can be extremely hazardous glare is not caused by a high level of light but by high contrast of light and sur rounding dimness another dangerous condition is dim or uneven lighting this leads to eye fatigue and a dull ing of the senses resulting in numerous accidents that might have bepn avoided by greater alertness heie srcsomc iightfns tip to sive your family and home some of the most formative days of my life that theatre drew me into its black maw with the awesome ease of a whale yawning to let one small herring swim inside as a small boy i wept shivered with fear screamed with laughter and almost died of suspense in that theatre i chased indians with tom mix fell desperately in love with marlene dietrich and thundered through the jungle on the back of tantor the elephant with tarzan i remember going to every matinee i could manage mon ey was scarce in those days and raising a dime was harder for a kid than raising a dollar now sometimes it took me a solid hour to wheedle the sum out of my kid brother an industri ous type who had a newspaper route there was a matinee monday wednesday and saturday in those days and it taxed my ingenuity to make all three but i seldom missed if i couldnt find any empty beer bottles lo sell and my brother was adamant in refusal id hit up my pal egg slegg an equally ardent aficionado of the silent screen but one with a little more money if he had only one dime wed buy one ticket and both try to squeeze past the tickettaker he knew what we were doing and if he was in a good mood let us both in one time i was completely stymied i had to go to the show to see if tarzan got away from the crocodiles who were converging on him last saturday i got ills last six cents from my brother but couldnt raise another sou its about 30 years ago so i guess nothing will happen if i admit i swiped the other four from my mothers purse it was the one time he show wasnt worth it the sunofagun got away from the crocodiles and i suffered deep pangs of remorse for weeks a wonderful part of my cultural education in those days though i didnt realize it at the time was the music instilled in me at the show when they were still running silent pictures down in the pit watching the picture and matching its every mood with consummate skill on the piano sat lornie noonan how he could make you sweat as the wheels started coming off the stagecoach how he could make you weak with hot sally cars at a touching moment during the teens ihe theatre was a differenl but equally thrilling place in its comforting darkness the most timid boy would find the courage to reach shyly tor the hand of his girl and sit there clutching it fiercely until both their paws were slippery with sweat and if the girl whose hand i clung to on man a wonder ful saturday afternoon with ihc teenage crowd in ihc gallery reads this i hope she wont he embarrassed it was one of ihe very nicest parts of growing up im sorry if jouve been bored by these reminiscences they started from my horror at the rapid decline of the small town theatre how people can sit and watch that appalling junk on tv when theres a firstrate movie at the local show i cant understand when the theatre in their own town goes dark those who have enjoyed a thousand experiences in it will be sorry and none will more bitterly regret it than your humble set vant greater safety and protection 1 you should have one per manently installed light fixture operated by a wall switch in every room hall passageway and over every stairway 2 all light sources except for low wattage types should be shielded from direct view by diffusing materials or opal or ceramicenamelled glass or uies not cleanable buy a new should be positioned so they are not ordinarily directed into the eyes certain lighting devices like wall brackets or lighted cornices or valances need an i desirable for protective ligiuii opaque shield lo conceal the of the yard driveway walks light and steps 3 the basic lighting in any room should be provided by fix tures or structural lighting supplemented with local source of concentrated light from fix tures or portable lamps this combination of general and local illumination combats glare and eye fatigue which can lead to nervousness tension and fa tigue 4 each entrance of the home should have outside lighting operated from inside the house one or more directional fixture or post lanterns are roamin around on monday evening of last week two grade s students at orchard park public school in stouffville were named a joint winners of the coveted richardson award emblematic of academic excellence throughout the entire year we talked with both kathryn hambly glad park avenue and peter sanderson victoria street in an attempt to learn a little more about these young people who had rolled up a years average of s7s per cent kathryn is an extremely attractive girl at 13 the daughter of mr and mrs k p hambly she is the middle member in a family of three she has a brother peter 16 and a younger brother ian 8 her parents moved to stouffville from guelph and kathryn entered grade 4 at orchard park as for her cowinner she has always consider ed him a good friend she admitted to some academic rival ry between them her best subjects are mathematics and science she loves sports and has been a member of the local figure skating club she holds an intermediate swimming certificate and is a member of the girl guides mrs barbara hambly has been an energetic trustee on the town school board but kathryn says that she doesnt ak for much help with homework unless im really stuck a definite career is still a long way ahead but at the present time kathryn leans a little toward the teaching profession she didnt know she was to receive the richardson prize until her name was an nounced mr sutherland the principal likes surprises sh said she also received her school letter unfortunately the principal and teachers at stouffville high will not be able to welcome kathryn into grade 9 in september her parents are moving to orangcville where mr hambly will be employed with a new branch of fisherprice toys lid i dont want to move kathryn admitted ill miss my friends here but at least dad will be closer to home well sec him more well dad was on hand last monday night and mother too they surely must have been proud fourteen year old peter sanderson is almost a native of stouffville actually he was born in toronto but came to town with his parents mr and mrs robt bud sanderson at the tender age of two months lie is a big brother to one sister jane ii peter attended at summilview through part of grade 2 but was shifted to orchard park when the new building was opened hes an allround boy who gets enjoy ment out of playing hockey building model cars beating his dad at golf or tapping out a tunc on the drums his favourite subjects are history and geography willi respect to the new course in mathematics that would make many an adult wince in dismay peter reels its a change for the better it gives a student a better grounding in high school math he explain ed especially algebra mr sanderson is a member of the staff at maurice cody public school in toronto he helps his son with homework when asked but so far peter has done pretty well on his own peter is ihe first to admit however that his dad gave him excellent guidance in hie recent york county oratorical competition at newmarket willi respect to his coholder of the prize he recalls ihc da when kathryn first came lo orchard park weve always been close friends and even sat close lo each oilier until this year in grade 8 she was on one side of the room and i was on the other he agreed that they competed for the top marks and the separation between them was only by a decimal point were pleased that in the end they should both finish in a tie said mrs sanderson it is rather unique that peters mother should be the first winner of the richardson award some years ago peter like kathryn has no definite career in mind but at the age of 14 if he made a choice lie would favour medicine in our brier conversation we couldnt help but note a close relationship between peter and liis parents hes setting a fine example both at home and school in spile of the construction strike in metro work on the addition to the stouffville dist high school and si marks separate school is preceding without interruption the con tractors arc confident that both structures will be completed j on schedule we were briefed last week on the new piece of radar equipment that has been acquired by markham village police the unit is so compact hat it can be carried around iike a portable typewriter it is extremely sensitive and when set up in front of ihe fina station on north main street it picked up the speed of a car crossing the railway tracks since june 11 th 65 charges have been laid the cost of ihe set is about 1300 marlene brooks 17 of green river was named miss kinsmen in a recent beauty contest and parade at ajax a grade 13 student at pickering high she hopes to enter lh teaching profession following graduation our only comment to this decision is lucky kids we couldnt help but smile at a personal item in a local weekly paper last week a husband had inserted a notice that he would no longer be responsible for debts incurred in his name immediately below was a second similar ad submit ted by his wife its some satisfaction lo learn that the couple were at least gelling together on something a comment we heard from a police officer recently i never saw a man so intoxicated lie was hanging onto the grass like he was about lo fall off the end of the world theres nothing official yet but we believe hat an exhibi tion softball game is shaping up in the stouffville park be tween the lions and ihe kinsmens clubs willi respect to the lions wc attended ihc barbecue and dance spectator only in ihe park on wednesday evening an extremely successful affair even lo watch the current dance step craze is a mystifying experience so separated are ihe partners hat a fellow could lake one girl in and walk out with another and neither would ever know the difference we were pleased this week lo visit with a longlime col lage resident on appleton drive mussclmans lake mr wm graham who has been making ihc local resort centre bis summer home since 1927 he was accompanied by a close friend mr charles allan or toronto also a veteran lake resident for ihe past 38 years recently we followed a dcpl of hwys truck ihrough pickering twp on the roadside very much in evidence was a sign that read fifty dollar line lor persons dumping refuse all the while chunks ol orange peel kept rebounding off our windshield tossed out by the driver ahead its an other case of do as 1 say not as i do theres nothing like being prepared wc noticed one en graved lombslone in the stouffville ccnielcry recently but hie couple whose names appear on it arc still very much alive five hundred members of the second mile cluh in toron- lo held a twoday picnic gathering at cedar beach mussel- mans lake last week all of the participants are 70 years old and over although youd never know it to sec some of them move about on ihc dance lloor rev d r mckillican padre of ihe toronto scottish regiment and a resident of markham was presented lo the queen mother during her visit to toronto five ladies from scarboro look a nasty tumble in the town park recently when a bleacher scat used by he ball players overturned throwing them heavily to ihc ground fortunately none was seriously injured but iheir pride was hurt cnought that they sent in a letter of complaint lo coun cil we understand that new stands had been ordered by ihe park board prior to the accident but the old one had not been removed it has since been dismantled what many a farmer wouldnt give for a pasture irriga- lion system like the one in use on the bruce harper properly in stouffville the only problem now is that the stream te source of the harper supply has been reduced to a mere trickle by ihc drought there arc some beautiful beds of peonies around town but few can surpass the ones grown by mrs eleanor crosscn church si south its a small world joseph bauer of robinson st mark ham and a regular customer at kicrnans drug store in the plaza viewed ihc crothcrssncll race al varsity stadium over german tv while visiting that country recently bill crothcrs is a pharmacist at kicrnans j