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1 fhe tribune thursday february 24 1917 john montgomery editor established 1888 charles h nolan publisher barre beacock advertising manager editorial oept tad wiltox aaoasrtt lanvrt oisplay advertising dept lois widtnu art dixon business office joan mmtaua dorttn oaacon elltta olevtr pumiilmd avtry thursday at m mala st stouhui oat ttl m02isi toronto phont litmm single copim mc subscription jltoo par year la cauda 2m f unrbvi mtoibtr ol audit bureau of circulation canadian community ntwtpapt rs association and ontario weakly ncwipaptrs association second class mail registration number mm tne tribune is one of the inland pumishing co limited group of suburban newspapers which includes the ajavwhitdipickering news advertiser brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke gaxefte markham economist and sun newmarketaurora era oakville beaver oshawa this week and mississauga news 6402100 3611680 editorials uxbridge gravel committee might have been good forum it seems ironic that a council which was elected on the platform of we will listen to the people would almost to a man refuse to give its citizens a forum to make recom mendations on the most crucial problem in the township but that is what happened last thursday in a recorded vote at uxbridge council gary herrema sandy ewen norm lyons and mac meyers all turned down the establishment of a committee to give feed back about the gravel question in the town- ship this was in our opinion a serious mistake not only could such a committee have given the council valuable insight into the infinitely complex question ofwhat to do about aggregate areas but it is unlikely that a useful group would emerge on its own because of the divergent interests involved gravel producers are not too likely to take the initiative to seek out residents living near gravel pits in order to advise council and vice versa however it council were to invite people of divergent interests to serveon a committee many insights might be gained not only by council but by the various factions represented by the committee at the moment there is very little contact between pit operators environmentalists and the long suffering public living near gravel extraction areas consequently each group lobbies only for its own interests and is largely ignorant of the problems of the other fellow the establishment of a committee such as proposed by councillor paxton might have brought the various factions closer together and given the council balanced feedback new bank is an h asset to village ssugar and spice the new canadian imperial bank of commerce which opened its doors for business monday has made quite an im provement to the corner of main and market st this improvement is especially ap preciated during the centennial year when many former residents will be coming back for visits- f the dusty- weed infested lot that sat there for the last few years since the former ratcliff block burned out would not have made a particularly good impression the building has been very tastefully designed and it seems some care was taken to choose a red brick thatis compatible with the brick on the older buildings around town a new building right downtown seems to give the main street a little more prosperous air and hopefully the old bank building next to the civic square will be quickly rented out 1 with luck we might get a business in there that will provide a service not now available in slouffville such as a shoe store the greater the variety of services that are of fered the more shoppers will be drawn into the village the true north strong and f reezing by bill smiley ppjidsjtanfyhngs slightly those- favouring the retehtionof lehmans pond in the new park should be heartened slightly by councils decision this week to seek an alternate engineering report- v the park site a the alternate report which council is not bound to accept would be based on inclusion of the pond we have some suspicion that this may be in part a stalling tactic council has stated it will seek expertopinionson the viability of the pond r council we fear may soon expert itself to death in our opinion the viability question is a smokescreen either the pond will stay or it wqnh and viability is just so much t bureaucratic munibojumbo weare hot opposed to consultation with the conservation authority though as we fee they may be able to givepractical advice concerning the design of the park as a result of the editorial last week we 6we councillor eldred king an apology an attempt to string too many divergent thoughts together in one paragraph led us to misrepresent mr kings position on the issue we said the councillor fell because the pond area cannot be walked oii6r used for sports is is somehow waste space mr king has never advocated using the t park for sports as to the allegation from stewart mcelroy that our reporting on this issue has been very biased wewould ask him to show an example of a biased news story our editorials have indeed been biased but then editorials are by theirvery nature biased- an editorial that does not advocate a position is not in fact an editorial we have such a crazy climate in this country that by the time this appears in print some dingbat will have spotted the first crocus peeping its dainty head through the snow but right at the moment any such crocus would have to come from the garden of king kong this winter has been not a little unlike a sort of arctic king kong a vast un controllable monster laughing- with fiendish glee at- the prospect of puny man trying to cope with his whistling frigid breath his frosty and fickle fingers and his extremely bad case of dandruff v around these parts weve had 13 to 15 feet of snow depending on whom you are con- versing with if you are talking to me youll learn that weve had 18 feet my wife would say about twelve and a halffeet in that sickening righteous tone of hers that has made me hurl the hatchet and the butcher in the 16feet ofsnowright behind the kitchen door to avoid temptation -though- we have a pretty good running parryandthrustorieverything from pea soup to politics from golf to garbage we just dont fight about- the weather until this winter- now its hammer and tongs almost every day and i seem to have wound up with the tongs 1 i stagger out through the blizzard every morning brush the snow off the car scrape the ice off the windshield with my fingernails because she has lost the scraper and sit there freezing- my poorly padded bum for 10 minutes warming the beast up then i bomb the vehicle out of the driveway risking my life every morning 30 years ago this week i excerptsfrom the tribune from feb 27 1947 contract on flies asa result of the public meeting held in- whitchurch on monday afternoon the far thers will be canvassed in the hope of ob- taining enough signatures to carry on a campaign against the warble fly canvassers will be appointed to each school section and if sufficient en- couragement is given the company interested in applying the treatment will be brought in and the cattle treated with three sprays curiosity paid she rummaged through baskets of junk at the public auction saethe last held in claremont and then the auctioneers eye caught her she nodded to his appealing wink at least the auctioneer farmer thought she i did for in a loud voice he cried triumphantly sold to mrs blank reaching home with curiosity steadily mounting the basket was quickly examine and was found to contain among other things a cork screw rolling pin flour sifter pic rack etc etc then there nestled right on the bottom an old purse which to the ladys consternation contained two dimes and a cent leaving a net of only 9 cents as the cost of her curiosity flapless increase the three beauty parlors serving in town t placed an advertisement in this paper last announcing new increased prices which will have a special interest for the women however it could affect the pocket books of men also since wives will be coming back for more weekly allowance as first one expense and another add to the weekly budget in any event this increase ddnt realise j the slightest flurry and we havent heard a single woman threatening to do her own it could happen of course because i cant see anything coming from any direction i park it- on the street on the odd occasion when she decides to shop she minces out to the car heavily garbed climbs into a warm wagon parks behind the supermarket and walks 40 feet to the door every time she goes out it has stopped snowing for one hour the wind has dropped for one hour and the sun gleams palely for one hour she leaves the car out on the street when she comes home i clean it off again buck it through a drift into the driveway climb through more snow that goes in over my boots and totter breathless and forlorn into the house why do you make such a fuss she queries its been a beautiful winter day she wonlt be so dam smart when she wakes up on the first day of the march break and finds amote pinned to her pillow offto the canary isles for 10 days hear theyre loaded with scandinavian girls in bikinis or gasp topless why dont you go and visit grandad for a week or so love fahrenheit bill shes a celsius and itdrives me nuts but its not only my wife who has helped with the aid of this atrocious winter to depress me its the cost this is rough reckoning butclose enough from last november the first it has cost me approximately 420 for fuel oil 120 for driveway plowing 50 for the kid next door snowshovelling 60 for battery boosts tow trucks and other winter items for cars that my friends is 650 bucks for the privilege of spending the winter in the true north strong b and freezing oh canada tell me some of my friends who gosouth every winter does it cost more to eat down there less you say does it- cost more to drive a car down there less you say does it cost more for accommodation less you say and you add that it can cost 52 for an ordinary double room in toronto montreal van couver but dont you get sick of all that fresh orange juice and those crispy salads twice a- ti day no you say dont you feel you are deserting the ship somewhat when your country needs you when it is the duty of every man and woman to put his andor his shoulder to the car thats stuck in the drift no you say ok o i havent figured it out yet but ill devise some way of some day getting even withall ypii rotten rich who are loafingarourid in the sun while i battle with the old battleaxe j about the windchill factor in the meantime its the least you could do somebody anybody to askme down for a long weekend from about the fifteenth of february to the ides of march would be just right editors mail mpp slams housing near airport dear sir a recent- decision by the ontario municipal board has given permission to reader from oregon wants pond retained dear sir- i would like to say how much we enjoy getting our tribune when we areso far from home at ihistime i would like tocommend and support your editorial of january 27 concerning lehmans pond over the past sixteen years we have raised three active boys near that pond they i knew the family rules concerning it and there were no mishaps we have all delighted in the wildlife furred feathered and flowered surely new people moving in especially from the city should be allowed thatprivilege too modify the dangerous part of the shoreline if necessary but dont lake it away let us leave thearea as natural as possible there is en tirely too much damage done to our world in the name of progress already the idea of a ball diamond there is absurd the new school grounds will provide that for the people whose only concept of recreation is baseball yours in the name of conservation and education shirley a rehill eugene oregon build 450 new houses at the southern end of the northsouth runway at malton airport i i i v land whichhad been zoned as industrial and which has sat vacant awaiting industry since 197r was rezoned to residential on application of the owners the municipality refused application for the rezoning however the matter was appealed to the ontario municipal board who gave permission to build the houses in the decision the ontario municipal board pointed out that noise was not an im- portant factor as long as the purchaser was aware of the fact that he was living near an airport this decision was made in spite of all the complaints about noise around the malton airport we have heard for the last six years noise pollution was the main reason to restrict maltons growth and to build pickering i it seems strange in passing that after all the shouting that was made with regard to the impossibility of living near a malton runwaythat the senior review board of ontario responsible only to cabinet has given permission to proceed with houses yours sincerely charles godfrey mpp for durham west contributed by kids for kids it sure looked like wed lose again the score was 09 for them it sure looked like wed lose again t c iii ii j i jason lamure breathtaking winter sunset was captured on film by tribune staffer annegret lamure mnlti hued sunlight broken by fleecy clouds reflects in textured ice on a field near gorm- the score was 09 for them it sure looked like wed lose again and with big blizzard in the net hes never made a save as yet and boom boom crunch and elbow bain both out with penalties again we were in trouble sure enough and knewd was time for bill mctuff to get in there and do his stuff the crowd cheered as he passed the stand and passed his stick from hand to hand they roared when he with strength and luck charged down the ice bearing the puck he faked a pass and let it go it almost hit big blizzards toe but it went in the score was 010 for them it sure looked like wed lose again jason lamure agei3- february f is for freezing colcl in stouffville i e is for extra mitts i wear b is for blowing wind to chill us r is for rum my father sips u is for undershirt so snugly warm a is for my angels in the snow r is for the rascal who wrecked my snowfort fi y is for yesterday when the schoolbus didnt show i but this most of all means how much we riiiss summer jeffsherrer agei3