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a4 tribune march 26 1986 s editors mail doctors image hurt dear editor with respect to the extrabilling issue i fail to see what impact the doctors fivenight strike will have on the peterson government the only people who may be in convenienced at their own patients to me this is kids stuff hurting the image of the physicians who play these kinds of games sincerely jean atkins north street stouffville eyesore durham region board of education dear editor the town where 1 lived before moving to stouffville took steps to beautify its main street business core one of the first projects was re moval of all hydro and telephone lines you wouldnt believe the im provement in stouffville the local hydro commission is proposing a major improvement project on its own however from what i read in your newspaper the poles and wires are to remain i dont blame the chamber of commerce and the town improve ment board for being upset members should say no if hyd ro cant afford it now they should wait until they can removing one eyesore and replacing it with another is not what i call progress sincerely steve gauthier north street stouffville 1 i predicted our no smoking policy would hardest to enforce among staff be editors mail pressured dear editor i cannot and will not believe my family doctor condones strike ac- tion with respect to the extrabilling debate i know him too well i feel he and perhaps others have been pressured into this move j the advertisement in the tri bune march 19 reads in part in order to draw attention to what we believe to be a discriminatory poli tical expedient the physicians decision is only drawing attention to themselves im sure premier peterson couldnt care less if the doctors offices ia stouffville are closed for five nights or permanently sincerely sara mcgregor elm road stouffville tired of it dear mr thomas theres been so much pub- lished in your newspaper concern- ing the future of the old arena im tired of it its become a subject much likej the landfill site flogged to death j on one thing and perhaps one thing only you and i agree action on the issue is overdue we elected a council last novem ber to make decisions if members expect the ratepayers to do their work for them then theyll have tqr pay us all 8000 a year i say the decisionmaking process is the responsibility of the politic cians if council pays attention to the opinions of every sidewalk su- perintendent nothing will be accomplished sincerely george fawcett millard street stouffville the ifrbune ontirfe coiiihiriity kev james thomas editor assoc established 1888 bruce annan pat pappas jenn hutt publisher advertising manager distribution manager editorial dept chris shanahan kelly connelly display advertising dept lvnn moore i real estate classified advertising joan marshman distribution doreen deacon karen heise national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday at 54 main st stouffville 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stouffville physicians response to an extrabilling ultimatum issued by the province a token protest not one to frequent a doctors office any more than necessary we cant say with certainty what hours these people ordinarily keep however being the pro fessionals they are turning the key in the door at 5 pm and opening up again at 9 am would seem normal if this is not a regular practice then it should be only editors work round-the- clock we say most patients can arrange their visitation schedule to accommo date a ninetofive day in cases of emergency a doctor is on call what more should we expect stouffvilles eight physicians arc all participants in the ohip program none extrabill so other than government enforce ment of legislation against those who arent supportive of the ohip prog ram and do extrabill stouffvilles doctors have no reason to complain their criticism as we see it should be directed against fellow physicians who presently operate outside the law if they didnt government legislation wouldnt be necessary these are the medical men and women who are attempting to tear down the finest health care system in the world not the government we would suggest the ontario medical association should be working with rather than against the government to whip its extrabilling advocates into line for if it doesnt premier peterson and co will most intown families wont relate to this its probably uncommon in the country too but at our house we have a section of the basement called the cold part no descriptives of the atmosphere are necessary its an area of our home thats not heatedi yes weve thought about it an exten sion to the rec room however renova tion costs plus heating problems the furnace is already overloaded have prompted second thoughts so nothing has changed this portion of our house is virtually unaltered since we bought the place 27 years ago we had an area much the same down on the farm it too was dubbed the cold part we never used it the need then was less than it is now for our farm house was huge by comparison with what we have today on occasions however we kids used to sneak in just to look around in the summer it was cool in the winter it was cold so cold even the chamber pot would freeze but there were interesting things be sides the chamber pot stored there for that basically was what it was a stor age room on rainy days when outside work was a little slow we could find lots of interesting things to do there and so it is in the cold part at 381 rupert avenue every once in awhile my wife and kids take to rummaging through the odds and ends mostly trea sures from byegone days totally use less but too good to throw away and so it was during one of those dre ary days in the march break they took to rummaging deeper than any of us had ever rummaged before and they found a skeleton two skeletons in fact they had them laid out on the kitchen counter for me to see when i came home that night i nearly died hey dad look what we found said neil a grin spreading from ear to ear yea dad look what we found chor used marylynn seeing was believing for they had dug up my old report cards from grade 12 middle school and grade 13 up per school at markham high the dates were june 1947 and june 1948 despite the fact the printed parch ments were 38 and 39 years old respec tively each was as well preserved as the day i received them through the mail i remember the occasions well and i was no more pleased then than now lit tle did i know almost 40 years later id still be haunted by the results elementary school for me was a breeze most years i headed my class of two with excellent marks however high school was a different story parti cularly fourth and fifth forms grades 12 and 13 both were real strug gles and these were the marks they unear thed marks id hoped had been des troyed dont think they didnt rub it in ive never seen three people including my wife take so much delight in going through my personal archives it was like theyd found the key to my unsavory academic past and unlocked the vault for everyone to see but all wasnt bad for example i had 1st class honors i was quick to point out in ancient and medieval history 2nd class honors in english literature and 3rd class honors in english composi tion but the remainder were all credits or worse would you believe a 28 in french com position a 32 in french authors and a 35 in geometry i would for i detested them all the gloating finally subsided only af ter the kids noticed i was visibly hurt by this revelation the skeletons were out of the closet they knew it and so did 1 1 then came an outpouring of love affection and sympathy maybe the teachers were harder markers back then said marylynn its okay dad said neil you proved you could do it without french and geometry he then proceeded to explain how a couple of subjects were giving him a tough time too i i was wondering he started to say then changed his mind c i knew what was coming but hell save it for a more appropriate time like when he hands me his report card- in june what can i do defences that have withstood the ravages of uninvesti gated challenge for 39 years have been bared its now a case of do as i say not as i did smile of the week dear editor my recent experience is one that may qualify for your smile of the week during a visit to ah area farm whitchurchstouffville i entered the barn unannounced the owner was in the house at the time so i wandered around waiting for him to come out while walking through the stable i noticed a body under one of the cows only two legs and two arms were visible i naturally concluded the animal had laid down and suffo cated the unfortunate man i immediately ran to the house to tell someone of the situation to my surprise the wife who answered the door only laughed i later learned the body was that of a dummy placed there by their son apparently this is a common farm trick to fool town folks like myself i was sure relieved sincerely allan petersen stouffer street stouffville siloam public school uxbridge twp 1940 on sat june 21 former staff and students of siloam public school uxbridge twp will be reunited the reun ion event will be held on location now a community cen tre some of the pupils pictured here are expected to attend they are front row left to rightbob storry unknown george carroll centre row left to right- ross allard harold brown lloyd yakclcy beverly beach betty oldham kathleen brown betty carroll shirley wallace ruth storry rear row left to right- edith stone eileen wallace dorothy dick ruth allard unknown austin alcock ron carroll stewart wallace the teacher rear right is mrs carling alcock the year is 1940 editors mail thankful to doctors to the editor in this day of erroding free doms that benefit the collective good of canadians for the benefit in many cases of the vocal minorityj and questionable groups i wish to speak out concerning a practice i believe will effect us all i refer to legislation that seeks to hamper our doctors in their rights to charge or not to charge their pa tients having had hip surgery at toron- to general hospital some post operative problems arose i needed help at 430 am and a young intern was called at 930 pm that same young man was still on the floor going about his business of helping folks in need i also remember after world war ii when dr ball and dr frccl were in semiretirement dr button re turned from the war and wasthe towns only fulltime physician i recall the service he provided when his office was over the san ders block he would return there in the evening and climb those stairs visibly tired often patients were there at 10 pm just recently one saturday even- ing i phoned my aunt in parkview home around 830 pm dr button was still there then i say we cant pay our doctors too much im thankful for each one ive never yet met a doctor i felt would sue a senior unable to pay we dont want socialistic control of this most important profession sincerely he paisley albert street south stouffville