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paxe 2 the trtbun e thursday may 27 1971 established 1888 c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor published every thursday by inland publishing co limited at 51 main st stouffvilie onl tel 6402101 single copies 13c subscriptions 500 per year in canada 9x10 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspaper association second class mall registration number 0896 editorial hard to contain it will become harder and harder as years go by to contain metro within its present boundaries as torontos population increases by thousands each month pressure on the outlying areas can only become greater we here in stouffvilie are separated by the governments green belt area and we are described as a slow growth area everything being kept in check these plans look great onpaper but can the government make them stick we have our doubts the coming of the new airport the pressure from business and population and the everpresent in clination of city dwellers to become rural dwellers could upset the whole scheme before five years goes by one only has to drive around the nor- thern and eastern fringes of metro to see what is taking place great spaces which looked only a few years back as if they would be open space for a long long time are now covered with houses the density of population within the designated urban area grows tighter and tighter in stouffvilie the second major apart ment block is well on its way with one already filled a major development is also underway at ballantrae where such schemes were only hazy dreams a few years ago these are small points but significant as we try to visualize the future the town of whitchurchstouffville has thousands of acres of open land diminishing each year this process is accelerating and is just getting started urbanization can be partially controlled and slowed down but never stopped walkathons etc life savers convassers whose job it is to go from door to door seeking donations for the various campaigns for the heart fund cancer retarded children salvation army and others are reported to be finding both cash and compassion scarce volunteers have reported that younger citizens refer to their parents or report my parents are out other stock an swers are no money in the house too many appeals come back another day in larger centres where there is a united appeal it is even forecast that services may have to be curtailed if the necessary funds cannot be raised many have wondered and expressed the opinion that the day when all organizations would be put under com plete government control was not far off however something new has in tervened which has been a real shot in the arm for many of the hardpressed funds the involvement of young people and many older ones as well in walkathons bikeathons and contests of this nature have raised amazing sums which would not have been forthcoming any other way they have added a new dimension to giving the fun dimension plus the involvement of many more people the idea has been excellent sugar and spice editors mail mr editor i note that a survey has been taken to show where all the traffic comes from that passes along main st in stouffvilie the survey apparently showed that the vast majority comes from local areas its to be hoped that the next checks will be made in the summer season particularly a holiday weekend i ven ture to guess that the percentage of local traffic to outsiders will be a lot different probably there could be a sign at ringwood directing through traffic up to the bloomington road just for the sum mer trafficwatcher mr editor i noted that you were not too enthused about making a youth hostel out of an old school building south of unionville your view seemed to be that such places soon become easy headquarters for undesireable types and drug users and sellers i might say that this is no dream as i have knowledge of just such things happening in some of these layabout havens set up in some ontario cities there is nothing wrong with young people travelling the country in the holiday season if they can afford it but why government the taxpayers should have to subsidize such travel is beyond me in fact it is beyond most people whom i talk to arthur matrix whitchurchstouffville dear sir a j ax this town of twelve thousand came into being thirty years ago when the sod was turned here for a munition factory that was to be the arsenal of the democracies during world war 11 during the four years that dil dominion industries limited operated residents of stouffvilie and area com muted daily to work in the huge shell filling plant and to aid the war effort at this point in time while memories are fresh and people prone to reminisce the ajax historical board is making an appeal to former dil workers to loan or donate pictures and snap shots of those days of a quarter century and more ago the board plans to select the best of such contributions to be used in the preparation of a pictorial history of this still relatively new community the board would be pleased to hear from interested parties and such com munications and contributions of photos should be made to mr jack vickers ajax public library ajax ontario consumer information authority for answers from bbb question i have three children in high school and the questions they ask are usually way over my head and my husbands too we want to buy an encyclopedia a really good one that will help the children in their studies and answer a lot of their questions how can we find out which encyclopedia we should buy mrs h j dear mrs j we suggest that you visit the reference section of the public library and ask to see a copy of general encyclopedias in print this volume analizes in detail the knowledge offered the suitability for children and people of different ages we strongly advise that you check this source of reference before buying an encyclopedia question i just got a call from a man who asked me to buy some longlife light bulbs because he is handicapped when i said i would have to check with the better business bureau he hung up whats the story on this mrs gr his conscience causes conflict by bill smiley down and watched that afternoon movie father has i dont get enough exercise it would do me a lot more good and id probably be a better christian if i got out golfing in gods wonderful world instead of sitting around in a stuffy old church with a bunch of stuffy people student has if i study all evening for my exam ill only tire my mind and get all uptight and probably study the wrong things id be far better off to go to a movie and have a fresh open mind tomorrow kid has well if all the other kids are saying that word there cant be much wrong with it why shouldnt i but lurking in every one of them is that nasty little voice which never shouts but always comes through loud and clear it takes half the fun out of life may is a terrible month for a man with a conscience all the voices seem to be shouting at once im not much for astrology but surely satan was born in may every may i go through a terrible inner conflict that would psychologically devastate the average man opening weekend of the trout season in this benighted climate inevitably coincides with the final disappearance of the last iceberg on the property there you are all those lovely fish waiting to match wits with you and all that accumulated filthy muck lying around waiting to be raked up there lies the golf course greening beckoning shouting that your game is going to improve immeasurably this year if youd just get an early start and there even closer smack in the middle of your wifes favourite flowerbed lies the neighbours fence felled by the winds of winter whining to be propped up for the tenth annual season as the month progresses the conflict deepens there lies an invitation for a fishingandpoker weekend up north with the boys on the holiday weekend and there in ambush as is her wont lies your wife pointing at things women have a certain obsession with things a certain blindness about the true essence of life in this case shes pointing at a cedar lawnchair lying on its back hopelessly crippled after twelve feet of snow shes pointing at the wooden back stoop which resembles a snaggletoothed hag with its broken and rotting timbers shes pointing at the peony bed which looks like a hog wallow i am proud and happy to state that once again i have come through the conflict of may unscathed and pure of heart the trick put in a pair of spiritual earplugs for your conscience and a pair of physical earplugs for your wife the property looks exactly as it did on may 1st one of the most annoying qualities with which man has been afflicted is the conscience how much more simple and pleasant life would be were it not for that small niggling voice that cannot be drowned out no matter how loudly ones other voices shout constantly shouting are the voices of our sensual nature urging us on to venial sins go ahead have another piece of chocolate cake with whipped cream it wont hurt to get off the diet for one day life isnt worth this torture and ill swear those scales are wrong and the little voice mutters liar and you hear it come on one more drink wont hurt you youve always been able to handle your booze so youll have a little hangover in the morning so what and the little voice whispers idiot and you hear it then there is the voice of rationalization not so noisy but resonant and insidious weve all heard it mother has id feel far more like getting a good dinner ready if i just lay dear mrs r these calls are from a profitmaking enterprise that sells light bulbs by telephone they use handicapped people to make these calls since each salesman admits that he or she is handicapped in the sales presentation many people believe that they are contributing to a charity this is not a charity for the record the better business bureau has long advocated the hiring of disabled and handicapped people but we do criticize the commercial exploitation of this handicap to persuade people to buy we suggest that you do comparative shopping and compare the price and quality of light bulbs as you would any other merchandise question my husband was so mad when our next door neighbors bought the same model color television set as ours and for 5000 cheaper he went back to the store and asked why the difference in price and the salesman told him that our set included installation and years service mrs h l dear mrs l the better business bureau checked and the salesman did tell you the truth your neighbour bought the same model at another store it carries no installation or service and you may be interested in knowing that your neighbour had to pay a 5000 installation fee and an undisclosed amount for an antenna feel better good for what ails you by marilyn lee one hundred years ago life wasnt so simple even an everyday stomach ache could have dire consequences especially if you followed a preconfederation remedy for indigestion unearthed at ringwood the other day it either had to kill or cure and ac- cording to the 23rd edition of the american dispensatory it would be more likely to do the latter after a century of gathering dust at the bottom of an old forgotten chest the recipe for making a syspepsia medicine came to light last saturday the fockler family of ringwood was in the process of demolishing a barn on the property of joseph fockler when the discovery was made j printed on paper that was only slightly faded with age the recipe calls for extract of taraxaci gentian zedoary senega radix pulverized rhei root colomba and juniperus carefully dissolve the taraxaci in i warm water the directions read combine the other ingredients in a six ounce phial and fill with rye whiskey agitate gently what a way to go one teaspoon of this concoction had to be swallowed before meals three times a day the consumption of meat especially pork was strictly prohibited during the course of treatment under the use of this patent medicine and with gods blessing you will be cured of dyspepsia the unknown author predicts but in the next line the patient is advised to get as much exercise as possible just in case for a moment we thought we had stumbled across a secret formula for rocket fuel but a quick check with a f modern apothecary pharmacist cliff aiken of aikens drug store put things in their proper perspective he was ringing in an order as we ap- priached hi we said had any v specials on pulverized rhei root or senega radix lately without looking up he replied sorry were all sold out by about 100 years the latest edition of the american dispensatory was hauled down but none m of the ingredients were mentioned an earlier volume was then consulted and according to the 23rd edition of the dispensatory taraxaci is nothing but a fancy name for dandelion root and there is no reason to believe it has any theraputic value at all the digest says the same goes for colomba an overdose of senega however could prove dangerous at the worst it could act as a poison and although the oil made from juniperus was widely used in patent 4 medicines for kidney trouble it is now considered unsafe and has fallen into disuse but the taste of this medicine must have been something else according to the dispensatory castor oil had nothing f on this stuff what was that the oldtimers used to say about medicine having to taste bad to be any good tribune editor jim thomas is on vacation this week beware of riders i there has been a great surge in the popularity of the bicycle aided to some degree by such popular events as the recent bikeathon this means that there are more riders than ever on the roads some of whom have never ridden before added to this in a very short time will be summer vacation which will free thousands for much more use of the roadways a motorist told us the other day that he recently had the scare of his life when three young cyclists decided to turn in circles in front of his car with nary a backward glance the motorist always feels that the general public blames him for the mishap although all of us who drive realize that in the majority of instances the motorist has no chance at all of avoiding an accident if your girl or boy is just new to biking or even if they are not novices impress on them the fact that cars can kill the bike is a wonderful machine when properly handled but very dangerous when the rules of the road are not strictly obeyed