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tt 7 the tkisuns thiiity my 7 w shouldnt move too fast the decision b the board of public school area no 2 in markham town ship to embark on a system of consol idation in september constitutes in our opinion a move that is premature we arrived at this conclusion after attending a public meeting at cedar grove and later inspecting the site of the varley village subdivision at un- ionsille the structure is still in a very early stage of construction in fact we had to inquire as to its location to even find it although we do not profess to he an authority on projects of this kind we uould suggest that nothing short of a miracle will sec its completion bv no vember i or even this year we have heard very few critics of the boards ultimate plan that is to close many of the oneroom rural schools and bus the children to better equipped and better staffed buildings in the area but why irv and meet a dead line of september 1966 no one to out knowledge is forcing the board to make this major move so why not wait until there is sufficient accommodation to handle the influx of children during regular school hours the board members obviously have some very good reasons for promoting this program now parents it secrm arc willing possibly with some reluc tance to bow to the shift system for one month or even two but for child ren to endure this problem into the midwinter season is expecting a little too much at the meeting on thursday evening one mother stated that her 8 vear old girl uould be on the road at 610 am to catch the bus at 7 no system re gardless of acamedic henctit is worth this kind of sacrifice as we said before we hold little smpathy for inconveniences caused to mom and dad for educations sake hut when john and mary are subjected to hardships created through a prema ture hodgepodge plan then the system becomes a hinderance instead of a help everything flew but the flag friday was dominion ray what a joke everything was lying through and around stouffville except our countrys flag its just another holiday but this year it proved an inconvenience to some and a benefit to others merchants were lorn between closing up their stores and remaining open some did both parents were divided on whether to escape to the golf course light traffic to and from the cottage or just lay around home some did a little of each but patriotism for canada a nation that provides such benefits of cars cottages and cash to buy them we hardly give it a thought one stouflvillc merchant said that he didnt sell a single maple leaf em blem and another said he sold one for a molorboat at least theres a new one living from the pole above the post office or didnt you notice delay was not necessary a few days ago this years grade 13 high school students were cheered to learn they are only required to get seven credits instead of eight to win a diploma there must he quite a num ber of them who arc wondering why the announcement could not have been made several months ago the official reason for withholding the word until after exams is that if it had been made before many students in difficulty with one or more subjects would have been encouraged to drop studies in one altogether and have con centrated on improving their know ledge in the others if this is the serious reason it looks to us more like reasoning for making an early announcement than supporting what it has done as it is students must feel in many cases they wasted time on subjects which they do not intend to pursue at the sacrifice of work that might have been done on those they will follow in university not a chance to stop from lime to time we have been mildly critical of the courtesy walk system employed at two crossing areas in the main street business section of stouffville although the wing and a prayer plan here may have its draw backs we can assure both drivers and pedestrians that the legalized cross walks as used in metro toronto also leave a lot to be desired last week while driving west on eglintbn avenue two boys walking along the sidewalk suddenly without hesitation and with arms outstretched strode onto the roadway in a marked zone we couldnt slop and didnt even try fortunately we were travelling close to the centre line and had suffici ent lime and room to get by personally we dont like pedestrian crosswalks too much responsibility is placed on the driver who in todays traffic has enough trouble watching out for other cars without worrying about people on foot we still say that a highway is the automobiles domain and persons who venture into that area except at lighted intersections do so at their own risk editors mail public school shift system by our readers unlonviuc rr 1 dear sir the change in the lives of families sending their child ren to school an hour earl ier may for some just be an ineonvenicnee however what the shift system means to each fam ily of the tsa 2 of mark- ham varies tremendously it is be ng offered to omc fa milies living a 15 minute walk from the school kor others a lonscr walk still others have this walk and then a bus ride varying from 10 minutes to an hour it is the travelling time dded to the class hours that makes the shift system po- fible or impossible as a sol ution to the overcrowded nchool population it may be 6 hours or it may he 7 hours between meals this becomes a concern for the health of the children rath er than for convenience to jtho school children or their uaioujes jjjyfcfle the tiult system may be considered cf tem porary duration there is the poss bility that the problem will still be with us in the winter months the travel ling time then is of more concern it is little wonder that the first meeting was somewhat stormy perhaps the board and parents can come up with a more acceptable sol ution with future meetings nancy white k affluent society to the editor although government facilities have greatly assisted the develop ment of this nations natural resources land commercial enterprises and foreign trade the time has remc to add more to governing and living than what money- minded measures and their controls can accomplish it is hoped that future governticnt of for and by men and women will eon- duct government with bus inesslike methods and in spire it and people to devel op strength of heart and mind great enough to pre vent corruption fraud and usury undermining the na tion the financially high standard of living now pre cipitated ought not to be blindly accepted as the only and best ways and standard by which to live social af fluence and money evalua tion did not create this world its food and other el ements mankind and the universe and human worth should be valued hy more than monetary standards there is much to he dis covered in achieving human betterment and freedom from illhealth injustice human cruelty despotic and cunning behaviour integrity is the ingredient to worth while living and govern ment marshall why worry about an election declare yourself emperor sugar and spice a stranger called summer by bill smiley in about the last three decades the face of a canadian summer has chang ed almost bevond recognition think back to your summers as a child the sights and the sounds and the smells have all changed youd scarcely know you were in the same country summer itself has not changed as a nation halffrozen after a long weary winter and a cold wet spring we still greet it with rapture and incredulity it is the celebration of the season that has been transformed thirty years ago summer was a quiet time the pace was leisurely the mood was one of peace today its jusl he opposite it is the noisiest lime of the year the pace is frantic and the mood is jazz in those days summer pleasures for the working staff were simple and for a couple of good reasons he work ed nine or 10 hours a day and he didnt have any money when he got home he was whacked after supper he might water the lawn or do a little weeding or just sit on the front porch until dark occasionally hed lake in a ball game or maybe drive the family around for a while and buy everybody an icecream cone when his holidays rolled around he didnt do much puttered around paint ing the trim on the house or worked in the garden maybe took the family to visit relatives for a few days in those days summer cottages and power boats and resort hotels and golf were for the wealthy what a difference today the work ing stiff gets home and his day has just begun he has a golf dale or the family wants to go out in the boat or the kids demand he drive them for a swim or his wife has asked somebody over for drinks and a barbecue and he must don the apron and gel to work when his holidays come around the pace triples no puttering about the house for him no sitting in the back yard under a shade tree and restoring himself it doesnt matter what has been planned for his holidays whether its a mad motor trip of 3000 miles or a cot tage at crud lake or a tenting excur sion hes going to have to be a human dynamo for about 18 hours a day whats happened in three decades cars atlluencc desire for status and women cars and the subsequent highways to accommodate them have opened up the hinterland beach areas that used to be quiet little summer scttlcmcnlsat the end of a rugged gravel road arc now roaring raucous neon jungles by night flesh strips and screaming motors by day virgin lakes not long ago accessible only by canoe and portage arc now laid bare by developers and the bulldozers are at work and everybody wants lo own his own plot though prices have skyrocketed affluence combined with the never- neverland of the finance company lias made its inroads today the working man owns his own cottage or cruiser and belongs to the golf club the big resorts have been taken over by the moderately welltodo the rich in dis gust fly lo europe the eternal pursuit of status in our society has played its part if that crumb next door can afford a cottage for two weeks joe can afford a flight to the west coast if he has a 50horsc motor joe needs a 75horsc 1 his kids are going to camp for two weeks joes are going lor the whole of august and women ah how they have helped change the face of canadas summer they used lo be content to slay home look after their gardens and put up preserves in the summer they used to be happy with a family picnic on sundays they used to enjoy making a pitcher of cold lemonade on a hot summer evening and bringing it out to the porch now they want a cottage for two months or a new and bigger boat or a second car plus a membership at the golf club plus a new patio plus a couple of weeks at a swank resort its no wonder poor joe is a whim pering shell at the end o the summer exhausted broke and frazzled when we were a couple of kids the past few davs have been filled with nostalgia for mans rural folks the inevitable has happened and most have accepted it without complaint on june 27 classes were dismissed for thex last time in many of the areas little ted brick school buildings only the future can tell if such facilities will ever be needed again educators say no outside of home itself nothing kin dles the spirit of regret more than th passing of the country school as a wav of life in a country community we are able to speak with some per sonal experience on this subject for only last week we learned that our own little school on the ninth line of maik- ham had served its time we visited the properly where thirty years ago we could hardly wait to leave with the ring of the four oclock bell now how wed like to return just for a day or even an hour it is rather surprising how rural ratepayers have swallowed their pride in things past and accepted the trend toward school consolidation with little criticism or complaint perhaps the new system is an improved system and whol ly acceptable to one and all when it is a proved system well all be the judge a- m a 4- thi5 week next t wheat no cold war weapon r ray argyle looking backward april 4 1935 the ladies bowling club elected officers on monday evening after report- ing a most successful season in 1934 the officers for the ensuing year arc president mrs jas ratclift 1st vice mrs m e watts 2nd vice mr a grubin secretary mrs george storcv trcas mrs t b rae may 2 1935 sam armstrong and charlie ward motored to hawk lake for the week end not so much to enjov a fishing out ing hut rather the trip was something of an exploration one to test the roads and view conditions of the lake mr armstrong intends to erect a cottage a hawk lake this summer which is near halls lake where e a button intends to build a cottage canadas huge new wheal sale lo the soviet union has renewed the de- bale on the wisdom of this countrys readiness to trade with communisl nations there is of course no debate among western farmers who will benefit from the threeyear pact which will sec the russians pay 800 millon dollars in hard cash for some 336 million bushels coming just a month after comple tion of a deal with peking lo sell china from 168 lo 280 million bushels during the same three years the russian trade agreement assures canadian farmers of a ready export market the russian deal announced with great fanfare in moscow by trade min ister robert winters after protracted negotiation by trade department and wheal board emissaries will have oili er farreaching effects aside from stimulating consumer buying on the farm the sale is good news for farm machinery manufactur ers the sales will strengthen canadas foreign exchange position reducing canadian dependence on the us mon ey market i the sale will also have international repercussions in the long run the most important of these will be lo encourage washington to liberalize ils trade poli cies with communisl nations the new york times has already berated the american government the chances to build bridges with the russians should not be fumbled again the times de clared in the short run the sales to china and russia will push international wheat stocks to a low level crop fail- tires in russia argentina india and au stralia will ensure a ready market for us grain us and canada had a car ryover of only about 550 million bush els each at the july 1 crop yearend the policy of wheat sales to com munist nations particularly china was initiated by the conservative govern ment shortly after john dicfcnbakcr came lo power faced with tremendous wheat surpluses mr dicfcnbakcr may have initially undertaken the sales as a political strategy lo maintain his popu larity with prairie voters if so the strategy worked but the successful continuance of the policy by the liber als has not noticeably improved liberal party fortunes in the west the canadian public has indicated quite conclusively however thai it sup ports both conservative and liberal governments in their attempts lo broad en our export markets the american public is still far from sympathetic to large scale attempts to trade with communist states for one reason the us is far less dependent on exports for prosperity than is canada its domestic market is 10 times bigger than canadas the us also was far more infected by the cold war virus than canada and its current involve ment in vietnam makes it difficult for washington to undertake an objective appraisal of the problem at this time those who oppose trade with trie communists do so on the grounds that it strengthens nations dedicated to the destruction of our way of life and that it makes us dependent on moscow and peking for our prosperity these grossly oversimplified argu ments overlook the fact that vested in terests work both ways if the above arguments were valid it could also he argued that for russia and china to buy wheat from canada makes them dependent on us and strengthens the economy of canada a nation they con sider to be an adversary of theirs there is a little truth in both points of view the only logical alternative to the present openminded trade policy cana da is following would be lo cut oft all relations with the communist nations not just in trade but in every other field as well the consequences of such a policy would inevitably lead lo a complete breakdown of international affairs growing suspicion and hate ami ulti mately war foreign policy has historically been influenced by trade policy and wars have most often occurred when nations have felt the need lo resort to armed force to secure greater trading rights the current wheat deals must be ap plauded because they have the opposite effect instead of going lo war to open a foreign market we have gone to peace we tip our hat this week lo mr weitsc vandoldcr of ballantrae who brought his ponies lo the stouffville park last week and didnt charge the lions club a single cent for this ser vice dozens of kiddies enjoyed the rides and the crowd was the largest in several seasons jc a a m hi m linda sargent of grade 11 had the highest standing of anv student in the stouffville district high school her average was 898 percent v a w m wc noticed this ad in he globe and alail last week it read in part 100 reward for finder of aircraft door lost in flight about five miles northwest of goodwood from a height of 6500 feel size 33 inches wide 66 inches high and 2 inches thick anyone around sandford siloam vivian or mount al bert that may have spotted an unidenti fied flying object in the air its only a door but still worth si00 lo its owner a- a a w ta 2 coocy and bart ley motors in stouff ville arc now agents for texaco pro ducts and an introductory olfcr is hound lo catch the interest of the housewife or even the bridetobe with every purchase of gas a card is punched and when completed 30 worth the holder is awarded a one- piece place selling of rogers bros stainless steel flatware sounds like quite a bargain and it is fv -k- -a- boxer travis sugdcn of bcthesda will be married on august 6 his bride- tobe miss vallcryc hazel wynn of unionvillc denies that there is anything included in the wedding vows that de mands that she love honour obey and assume he role of a permanent spar ring partner countryside in summer with he haying season in full swing and fhe countryside looking its lies in spile of a midsummer heal wave ils nice in lake a drive through the rural areas and view he scenery this farm scllintr is located in pxbridce township fctxe untune established 1s8s c h nolan publisher jim thomas kdilnr noel eoky adverlising published very thursday bv the slouffvliie tribune limited at 5 main st stouffville ort tel 610210 single ropics 0c subscriptions si 00 pr vear in canada s600 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association snd ontario weekly newspapers association authorized as second class mail post office depl ottawa