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page 2 the tribune thursday mav 28 1970 fill out your form the stouffville parks and recreation committee is conducting a survey in town to learn the recreational needs of all residents from children through to senior citizens forms have been distributed to every home with the hope that each will be filled out and returned to the municipal office this week we feel an opinion poll of this kind is an excellent idea and we urge local townsfolk to cooperate in years past the promotion of sports here has catered mainly to the young people and activities have been confined mainly to baseball softball hockey and swimming but recreation to serve an entire community is more than swinging a bat or shooting a puck much more through the assistance of a full- time recreation coordinator stouffville is now in a position to offer more but the first move is up to you privacy is protection what are the rights of private property owners must their premises be protected against those too young to protect themselves and what constitutes a hazard is it a farm pond at the rear of homes on manitoba street in stouffville some members of village council feel that it is others argue that the responsibility for child safety in this instance rests solely with the parents we agree in the rearing of a family there are hazards at every turn but its not always possible or practical to simply erect a fence around all danger spots particularly when the cost must be borne by a party not directly concerned residents on manitoba should be reminded that the pond on the for mer lehman property was there long before any of their houses were erected and it must be assumed that each was aware of its existence before he moved in we would recommend that home owners safeguard their own premises first waiting on the other fellow could prove fatal a very personal project in this day and age when the trend is to the impersonal it is nice to know there are still people around who care for people folks who can take time to think of others rather than only themselves such is obviously a way of life in the hamlet of goodwood where the womens institute of that com munity has embarked on a project to j memorialize the name of the late dr robert ellwood darling a prac ticing physician in the village for over fifty years dr darling according to district historian mrs eleanor todd came to goodwocd around 1890 and remained there until his death in 1949 like the majority of country doctors of that day he gave of himself much more than he ever received in fact records reveal he died a poor man many goodwood residents still remember him as he was but time erases memories as generations extend into another era something more permanent must be established with this thought in mind folks like eleanor todd and kathleen may plan to establish a memorial fund in dr darlings name with the ultimate desire of erecting an engraved monument at the grave site in goodwood cemetery we wish this very humanitarian effort every success its a venture that will not fail residents of goodwood will see to that u js22 jii dear sir in the may 7 issue of your fine paper a news item appeared on the front page calling attention to the exemption from municipal taxation of parkview home stouffville the reason given for the exemption was that the home is a branch program of the mennonite church i would appreciate very much a little space in your paper for further clarification regarding the reasons for this ruling a ruling given on feb 20 1969 by judge weaver of the county court declaring the home exempt from taxation was upheld by the court of appeal in the supreme court of ontario this appeal made by the assessment commissioner for the village of stouffville was heard on dec 9 1969 and a decision dismissing the appeal was given on april 14 1970 pertinent legislation is found in section 4 of the assessment act which states in part all real property in ontario is liable for taxation subject to the following exemptions paragraph 12 then states land of an incorporated charitable institution organized for the relief of the poor the canadian red cross the st johns ambulance or any similar incorporated in stitution conducted on philanthropic principles and not for the purpose of profit or gain and that is supported in part by public funds since the association sponsoring parkview is incorporated under part 3 of the corporations act as a nonprofit charitable institution is not operated for any persons or individuals gain and is partly supported by public funds it was the opinion of judge weaver and the court of appeal that parkview falls within the limits of this condition for exemption quotes from the ruling might be of interest the corporate purpose the respondent is effecting through the home in question is as stated in their charter the care and security of the aged both poor and aged are classes of mankind which are the subject of special injunction in the bible the obedience of which can be best expressed by care it may be of interest to note that the majority of homes operating similarly under the charitable in stitutions act have in the past been relieved of taxation on the municipal level wht itftiune established 1888 71 wna c h nolan jim thomas editor publisher noel edey advertising i published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 54 main st stouffville ont tel 6402101 single copies 15c subscriptions 500 per year in canada s750 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mall registration number 0s96 immbbabbi qutgrptlting- 7ve fllet sugar and spice moratorium sounds deadly have you been to a moratorium lately have you taken part in a demonstration or a confrontation do you have charisma sorry to be so personal but i read and hear these words bandied about so much these days that i just wondered how things were at your place they are part of the jargon of our times isnt it amazing how the english language can take such a we count it a privilege to serve the town of stouffville and surrounding areas through caring for the needs of its senior citizens jm nighswander secretary parkview board of directors dear sir after reading the many articles in the may 14 issue of the tribune and pondering a name change for the inevitable amalgamation of stouffvillewhitchurch i decided on switchville rather than place this in letters to the editor you might give a few people a morning smile mrs joyce spensley stouffer street dear sir on may 5 and again on may 6 the province of ontario set out a master plan for toronto and central ontario along with a specific plan for york county i would like to express my com plete endorsement of both these reports they will provide a regulated manner in which our towns and area will grow the regional government report however should consider three areas more closely before they are implemented 1 the number of members on each local council is stated at nine in the report i feel five members would be satisfactory in all local areas 2 representation of all members to the regional council should be divided by the people not by the politicians 3 one or two local areas will have to be given an indirect form of monitory assistance some areas have had large amounts of assessment taken away from them while being left with a large geographic area to maintain i think these two reports will permit our part of the country to develop in a more orderly manner and it will provide an environment more compatible to proper social development tom taylor newmarket ontario by bill smiley beating and emerge greater and finer than ever prime minister trudeau has charisma according to the papers at first i thought it was something like acne or maybe a bowel problem it turned out to mean something like style flair elan magnetism but the new breed of newspaperman will never use an old tested word if he can come up with something as charismatic as charisma theres no such thing as a meeting any more with two parties holding opposing ideas getting together and trying to resolve them now its a confrontation like two bulls meeting in a pasture and knocking their skulls together while the cows look on chewing their cuds a demonstration used to be an exposition explaining something probably with sensory aids you might show or demonstrate for example how to make rotten egg gas or how two and two usually make four but today a demonstration is against something not for it all you good news the end to the deeply rutted condition of the road in front of the stouffville dist secondary school is in sight councillor mrs ethel mole has announced that this section of ed ward street has been included in the towns spring improvement plan heres hoping it lasts until the fall term reopens in september need is a placard a crowd and you are demonstrating it doesnt make linguistic theres another one sense if you are protesting something be a protester not a demonstrator a moratorium sounds like a cross between a crematorium and a mausoleum at any rate it sounds pretty deadly and usually is how would you like to spend the rest of your life in a moratorium some people act as though they would enjoy it thoroughly i have before me a letter from an editor referring to the upcoming issue of a magazine what does that mean what she means is forth coming or next i wonder what the downcoming issue would be like each decade seems to have its new slang idioms catch words a few of them stay in the language like rough diamonds in a sea of silver through their sheer power we dont shed too many tears over such sayings as i love my wife but oh you kid from the 90s nor do we grow lugubrious over the disappearance of such inanities from the 50s and 60s as thatll be the frosty friday or you better believe it or would you believe how about cool and man and way out and groovy do you think some bird or chick will be saying in 1984 hey man thats cool lets groove youre way out somehow i doubt it hippie is already a term of opprobrium to the real hippy swinger is now used only by middleaged people who would like to be cat as in cool cat is hanging on by the skin of its teeth and then we have jet set and beautiful people i was at a press club party recently and it was rather sad all these chaps with their new sideburns and matching shirts and ties and striped pants hoping they were beautiful people when they should have been home watering the lawn but most of all perhaps i despair of the people who simply surround themselves with a cloud of verbal garbage every time they open their mouths young people are worst but you can see and hear university professors politicians and lawyers hedging themselves about with such inane things as well like you know uh its pretty obvious you know like theres no denying uh you know etc why dont they just say i think its a lot of crap or something equally plain or would that not be a viable approach portraits past dr robert ellwood darling was a physician at goodwood serving the com munity faithfully for over 50 years in his memory the womens institute j plans to embark on a campaign to raise sufficient money to purchase a monu- 1 ment for hb grave site in goodwood cemetery dr darling died in 1949 mmmm tacaa maws wmmm wami m i the world waits for no man by jim thomas theres a wellknown story out of general motors in oshawa con cerning a longtime employee there who looked forward to his day of retirement with obvious feelings of fear not for himself but for the company this gentleman was in fact so dedicated to his work he considered it practically impossible for the firm to shunt another chevrolet or pontiac off the assembly line without his personal stamp of approval but the world waits for no man his retirement day did come and cruel as it may seem general motors is still in business piecing together its chevs and pontiacs just as before is it any wonder that the term dedication is more often ridiculed than revered today less work and more pay thats the modern trend but not for me and im neither bragging nor complaining its just that i was never brought up this way and at 41 im not about to change but last week i took a holiday the first of three vacation periods im entitled to this year to say that i did not enjoy myself would be wrong the truth is we packed a good deal of living into those seven days including everything from an old- fashioned fishing trip on foot to a 300 mile jaunt by car but even while away i tend to worry its a kind of nagging concern hoping on one hand a paper can be published with the editor absent and hoping too that ones talent and ability will be missed even a little on wednesday evening i was one of the first in line to pick up a copy i even shelled out the customary fifteen cents although ordinarily a working editor is entitled to one for free gulp it looked good not a single picture out of place not a heading upside down and the front page completely filled back home the reception was just what i had suspected and feared see my wife said in vocal tones of obvious delight they did it and i bet no one worked all day sunday either admittedly i was stuck for any kind of explanation still searching for some catastrophic error that might tend to set the record straight but alas there was none the following day i fared no better not a single soul seemed aware that i had even been away and worse still no one seemed to care nor did they mention the absence of that certain flair for wit and humor usually contained in this column it was like nothing had changed and nothing had or ever does not really only in ones own mind the truth is no one is in dispensable not even newspaper editors two for one harold thurston manager of teds mens and boys wear main street stouffville had a difficult time shifting out of a tight parking spot near the post office as he pulled out on the highway he glanced in the rearview mirror to see to his surprise a volkswagen hooked on behind with the assistance of several pedestrians the added load was soon released identify yourself stouffville police constable harry davis received a call to the east end of town a resident reported a party on private property in the area and jotted down the cars licence number the auto was subsequently stopped by constable davis who checked on the drivers identity she was a census taker