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4 the tribune thursday april 5 1 whtwtihixm james thomas editorinchief established 1888 charles k nolan publisher barrebeacock advertising manager eottorial oept ed schrotr jhn hott display advertising dept lois widaman ibri emmanon business office jou mrhaun oormn dttcon ebmn gkw pubuslmd imj thursdy at 54 main st stouftvute onl tal 6402101 toronto pbon 3811680 stasia copiaa 20 c subscriptions s1000 par ysar in canada 2600 alsawnara mambar ol canadian community nawspapars association and ontario wsauy newspapers association sacond class mail registration number 0886 tha tribuno is ona of tha inland publishing co umitsd group of suburban nawspapars which in- dudes tha aax whitby pickering naws advartisar brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke gazette markham economist and sun newmarket aurora era oakvllle beaver oshawa this week atlsslssajga naws oshawa this weekend acton fraa press hilton canadian champion and tha oaorgatown indapandanl 6402100 3611680 editorials important cog in pc machine an important cog in the progressive- conservative political machine in ottawa is sinclair stevens member of parliament for yorkpeel riding which contains the municipality of whitchurchstouffville in addition to conducting himself admirably on a personal level for the local riding he has continually made headlines in- the role of finance critic for the pc party he has kept up a tenacious attack on the government in the commons and has made a j considerable contribution to the tory effort to come up with alternative economic policies his activeness in the local riding sup ported by his personal charm and pleasant- ness has widened his circle of friends and supporters which will most certainly reflect itself at the polls on may 22 mr stevens is most critical of the governments handling of the economy particularly in the realm of debt but is ready to admit that the options for correction in the shortterm are very limited he has pointed out several times recently that this years debt will amount to 13 per cent of the gross national product- and next year will almost double this increase he contends can only mean higher inflation and higher taxes for the individual canadian support for mr stevens has remained high in his previous campaigns and is ex pected to do so again on may 22 rules made to be enforced regional health authorities in both york and durham have come in for considerable criticism in recent weeks over planned en forcement of the act governing preparation of food in community halls and churches while the approach to the problem in the region of durham will not win civil servants an aplus for diplomacy they are like it or not carrying out orders by the book with little likelihood of deviating from them politicians as might be expected have come to the support of the people use a little common sense suggested m pp bill newman ontarios minister of agriculture discretion is rthe word that kept t cropping up at ameetingofyork regional council thursday but thats all they are wordsr what is common sense what is discretion what the politicians are trying to say is enforce only part of the act that part most organizations are already complying with and ignore the rest but this cannot be for the rules and regulations are veryclear they should be followed or discarded health authorities have suggested a waiting period of three years for groups to meet these standards this would seem fair organizations that cannot or refuse to adhere to this deadline will be out of the foodserving business thats the way it is no one can say they werent warned a- -i- s hockey brainsnot brawn bashem crashem type hockey so prevalent in the oha and the nhl is on the way out and the sooner it goes the better while we may hate to admit it superior skating and passing clubs as iced by the russians and the czechs have taught us lessons we should never forget closer to home local fans are still discussing the two excellent games between the stouffville selects and the uxbridge black hawks no physical contact no slap shots only examples of skills mastered through years of experience thats hockey at its best and thats what todays spectators want to see swings into spring its a sure sign of spring with the return of the warm weather children are flocking to the local playgrounds six year old bradley poole booth drive enjoys a swing ride in stouffville memorial park edschroeter j excuse me madam but inrraf raie thats contaminated dj u roaming around medicinal cureall in short supply by jim thomas woe is me woe is stouffville our towns run out of lily medicine how such a catastrophe could occur without some public announcement im not quite sure anyway the three drug stores here are dry bone dry i checked genial cliff aiken gave me a who are you kidding kind of smile when i asked the main ingrediant is water that runs up hill a cold day in july and thats mighty hard to find he replied with a sly wink no sir i havent carried it in years- he suggested i trot a few steps further down the street and enquire at houstons which i did but the end result was the same sorry answered the friendly clerk but we no longer handle it yes we used to made it ourselves good for what ails you inside and out but no more maybe you wouldnt be asking for it if you knew what was in it she stated pricking my curiosity what i asked rye she responded gulp thats all id need to go home from work some night with the smell of that on my breath ild be the doghouse for sure per manently i thanked the kind lady for the information and left still not totally satisfied that this wasnt the spring booster i needed so i called widdifields in the plaza a similar response never heard of it the druggist said three strikes and out but it wasnt the end of the game im a pretty determined kind of guy and when someone suggests a guaranteed cureall three nos merely spur me on it must have been ten to twelve years ago i first heard of this medical miracle called lily medicine margery mertens who once worked here at the tribune advocated its use for everything mention the common cold an ingrown toenail or a bad back and shed haul a little bottle out of the drawer of her desk try this shed say ive been using it for years apparently it worked wonders for her she was seldom away sick on sunday i started digging through every home remedy book in the house the first i came across was look younger live jlonger by gayelord hauser the in troduction follows are ypu just living and not alive do you want to live as long as you can do you want good looks do you want to stay young if so then follow the worldfamous hauser way to new health new youthfulness another i found was entitled simply folk medicine by dr dc jarvis fascinating reading but nary a mention of the fixit i was looking for after close to an hour of steady searching in which i turned our book room upside down my wife her curiosity aroused questioned as to what in the world i was looking for lily medicine the formula for lily medicine i answered in a somewhat aggravated tone figuring any milder ap- proach and shed laugh me to scorn the result was the most amazing revelation heard around our house in months not only did she have the recipe but had actually used some borrowed it from a friend for an aching tooth the prescription reads as follows madonna lily leaves whiskey gum camphor and aloes amounts not available mix a half to one teaspoon in water and add a little sugar ywhile the trial and error approach may be a little risky a single application and my wifes toothache miraculously disappeared so shes sold on it im not so sure for i tried a little on mycomb and now my hairs falling out sugar and spice spring sunshine reveals hidden havoc by bill smiley like most people in this country with any intelligence i welcome the advent of spring which in canada consists mainly of mud slush cold rain and colder winds it is the end of that suicidal season in which we get more and more depressed irritable and boneweary of living in a land where the national sound symbols are the wet sniffle and the barking cough the natipnal sight symbols are the filledin driveway and the rusting fender its a trying time for years ive ad vocated a midfebruary holiday to save the national psych from selfdestruction ive suggested calling it national love day the third monday in feb a day to love your neighbour your neighbours wife yourself and life not necessarily in that order but ive been blocked year after year by politicians who fear the opponents might score a victory if it were named sir john a macdonald day or sir wilfred laurier day- and by the industrialists and business com munity who blanch with terror at the thought of paying their employees for one more non productive day in the year hell a third of their employees days are nonproductive anyway they may as well throw in a bonus yes i welcome spring but theres one aspect of it that i very nearly loathe thats when the first yellow sun begins to filter through those murky storm windows which we darent take off until midmay it isnt the sun that bothers me its the old battleaxe she throws away her survival kit the cataracts are peeled from her eyes and she starts driving me out of my skull bill smiley look at those drapes i look they look fine to me same old ones we had in january green and gold turned to a sort of grold with cigarette smoke and hot air from the ancient furnace but perfectly ser viceable drapes look at that rug filthy look at the chesterfield the boys have ruined it jam bananas yoghurt look at that woodwork it was offwhite in the fall and now its off- black lthe wall paper is disgusting well i look up from my paper with every demand and everything looks just the same to me as it did a month ago comfortable warm livedin i venture such an opinion it is met with a torrent of abuse selfpity and materialistic avariciousness you dont care do you youd live in a pigpen wouldnt you other men help their wives keep the place decent dont they have you no eyes in your head arent you ashamed of this wreck room that used to be our livingroom faced with a barrage of rhetorical questions i shift uneasily and answer yes or sometimes no i never know what to say but its always the wrong thing frankly i dont care and yes i would live in a pigpen if nothing else were available and no other men dont help f then wives keep the place decent not decent men and yes i have eyes in my head two of them one apt to be black after this column appears and no im not ashamed of our wreck room i know who wrecked it and i love them just the same and if visitors dont like it they can go and visit someone else with a real rec room it is confusing is it not however i am an amenable chap i dont kick a dog just because he bays at the moon i dont kick a woman just because she begins raving when the march sun filters into the dugout where weve spent the winter i merely blink benignly start talking supportively yes we should have new drapes how much yes we should have a new chesterfield suite how much yes its time we got rid of that old diningroom suite which we bought secondhand for 100 twenty years ago how much for a new one cer- lainly the rugs need cleaning and the whole house redecorating how much it always comes out to somewhere around i 8000 1 remind that we have to borrow from the bank to pay the income tax that we have two cars which we could sell in a package deal to an experienced mechanic for 400 that if we dont have some brickwork done the whole house will fall down and well be silting there in full view on our new chesterfield i suggest that she save money from teaching her piano pupils pay back the 1000 she has spent on longdistance phone calls to her relatives and take a job as a cleaning lady for a year and all will be doozy new everything she counters with arrows about the booze bill the cigarettes account and all the money i gamble away on lotteries i remind her gently that if she hadnt spent a cool thousand on gold chains last summer in switzerland wed be in clover and so it goes after a week or two of this we have arrived at an impasse the sun keeps shining something important like the children crops up and we sail happily into a new year with i he wreck room intact warm comfortable livedin doesnt cost a nickel and you know something nobody cares editors mail cost cutbacks too dear editor the average homeowner in whit churchstouffville will pay 46340 for education tax alone this year according to your newspaper this is an eyeopening revelation particularly when one constantly reads of decreasing student enrollments and cut backs on teacher hirings with all this going on there should also be cutbacks in costs instead of annual in creases and substantial increases at that theres been a turnaround in the pupil population when will it occur in the budget im not downplaying the importance of education its allimportant but when i keep reading about reductions in the classroom i wonder when it will be passed on to we the taxpayers cyril martin rr 3 stouffville dear editor i wish to commend the whitchurch- stouffville planning board for their ap- parent determination to clean up the westend4stripy between bihgwood- and t what was once the town limits this section could and should be stouffvilles show window and i for one hope that eventually this will come about however i can visualize all kinds of pressures fromoutside people who dont really give a hang about the town only the making of a fast buck at the towns ex pense i see the day when this area will indeed be our golden mile- and it will come about through the oetermination of plan- nerstohavethejobdoneright the second time around stick to your guns i j a paul murray rr 4 stouffville ft