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the tribune stouffvule ont thursday march 25 1954 the stouffville tribune established 1s8s member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized zs eondclas3 ma postoffice dept ottawa printed and issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 250 elsewhere s300 c h nolan editor jas thomas sports assist a v nolan son publishers notes and comments on the tax bills municipalities this year are being compelled by the ontario government to state on their tax bills the amount of all grants or perhaps the amount by which the mill rate has been reduced by reason of these grants it has been the case invariably in the past that the standards to which municipalities had to comply to obtain these grants were so high and costly that in many instances the municipality could get along more cheaply without the government aid however if municipalities are compelled to do this they might consider also stating the amount the mill rate has been increased by reason of the provinces refusal to pay a more equitable share of education welfare and other services which should not be such a heavy burden on real estate out of his element hearing tales from travellers about the wonders of life in the southern climes we got to speculating as to how man ever came to inhabit the socalled temperate zone warmthloving creatures with a temperature tolerance range of about twenty degrees a goodly number of mankind themselves living in a climate with violent fluctuations which parboil them in summer and deep freeze them in the winter man is obviously not built to take such punish ment otherwise he would have come equipped with builtin long woolies the thickness of which waxed and waned with seasonal changes the very fact that the cradle of mans civilization was under the tropic sun rather than the northern lights demonstrates the type of climate for which man was intended failing a permanent return to his proper environ ment man might well take a leaf from the book of his feathered friends in the winter they go south where all sensible creatures should be in the summer they fly north to a climate which is at least bearable we often wonder who coined the expression birdbrained the mildmay gazette easter seal campaign the easter seal campaign in aid of the ontario society for crippled children is now in full swing sponsored locally by the stouffville lions club to the 9000 handicapped children scattered throughout ontario on farms in city homes or in remote hamlets the 1954 sale of easter seals means hope to them the easter seals bring treatment and training a possibility of independence and relief from the physical handicaps that birth illness or accident left them last year the ontario society for crippled child ren whose only appeal for funds is made in the annual sale of easter seals by nearly 200 service clubs carried out the biggest program in all its history and this year the 9000 youngsters who are listed on their roles as active cases will have increased because ontarios swiftlygrowing population means hundreds of new cases each year the objective in this years easter seals campaign march 18th to april 18th is 500000 the organization that cares for this number of children is amazingly small a tightlyknit office staff at headquarters in toronto a score of highly- trained nurses a corps of volunteer doctors and an army of publicspirited citizens who give freely of their time the result is a volume of service out of all proportion to the money spent in the work this work takes several forms there is a nursing service made up of 21 graduate nurses each of whom has taken a special postgraduate course in ortho pedics and is authorized by special act of the ontario legislature to wear the title orthopedic consultant these mirses visit the homes of handicapped children teach the parents how to administer therapy treat ment or direct the child to medical attention the nurses function in specific divisions of the province ranging from the lakehead area to eastern ontario available for their use are 4 qualified thera pists whose value is indicated by the fact that the ontario government requested the assistance of two during a polio epidemic last year which assistance was provided by the society at no cost to the province or patients five summer camps this year will give outings to 1200 children who would otherwise have no such holiday because of their inability to attend conven tional camps this is the biggest crippled childrens camping program of any single political area in the world and its importance is that it more than gives a holiday it teaches children who often are embar rassed by handicaps to care for themselves and get along with other youngsters year round too one camp woodeden near london is a cerebral palsy centre to provide special treatment for such cases clinics for the examination of children in areas far from major hospital centres are also organized and last year 15 of these were held with top specialists from toronto hamilton ottawa and elsewhere giving free services if children need hospitalization this is provided on the specialists advice and local doctors cooperate in providing treatment at home in many other programs the easter seals pro vide the means for alleviating suffering and providing training such as that in the unique variety village which is operated by the society for the variety club of toronto where crippled children learn trades and all these programs add up to a chance for youngsters whose future otherwise looks dark for parents only maps are fun did you ever wonder who drew the first map perhaps a cave man took a pointed stick and sketched on the ground a rough drawing for his mate to see where he had gone on his last hunting ex pedition maybe a fighter scra tched or a soft stone a picture to show where he thought the enemy of the clan were hiding in days of peace and in times of war from the dawn of his tory maps have played a vital pan the earliest maps wnkh are in existence were scratched on clay tablets by babylonian merchants around 2300 bc to show their estates in the 5th century bc the greeks drew the world which they knew a- round the mediterranean on bronze plates it was the greeks who first conceived of the idea that the world was not flat but a sphere later this was doubted by the conquer ing romans the romans were practical soldiers and they drew maps to show their conquests their network of roads made an im pressive map these roads were constructed into the lands overcome by alexander the great on their maps the romans depicted the earth as a flat disc surrounded by water in the middle of the thirteen th century one englishman mathew paris worked on a map of his homeland for the use of travellers three cen turies later elizabethan eng land was the first country to conduct a survey and publish a national atlas interest was awakened in cathay or china and other parts of the far east by mar co polos voyages his new discoveries were shown in an atlas issued in 1375 it was the sailing men who were convin ced that the old greek idea of a spherical world was correct in the sixteenth century jo- hann schoner became famous for his wooden globes with pa per gores appliqued on their surface the discovery of line en graving gave a great impetus to map drawings first italy and later netherlands took the lead in the production and dis tribution of maps there was no standard mile until late in the eighteenth century the different count ries could not agree on the meridian even the english who first placed it in the az ores moved it to stpauls london and later to green wich where it remained there are a vast number of maps of our earths surface with its over fifty million sq miles of land and twice as much water with aerial phot ography a new era in map drawing lias been born mow great is the variety of maps in todays world in is- by xaniy cleaver rael where the rainfall is so scanty their map of dew fall is important daily maps of weather conditions in other parts of the worlu are studied by experts to guide them in their weather forecasts geol ogists find maps indispensable in searching for new mining finds how many millions of holiday travellers pour over road maps to plan their trip each vacation learning about maps can be fun they are a fascinating part of our modern life their collection provides an absorb ing hobby for many people and in the story of the art of map making is found one of the most important records of the growth of knowledge and civilization ask the librarian at the pub lic library about books on maps three which are writ ten for school children which are worth buying are the map that came to life by deverson oxford university press and by map and compass by mus tard imaemillar co of can ada and down to earth by david greenhood a good map on the wall adds greatly to the atmosphere of a living room or den it can be mounted on heavy card board or framed like a picture ontario county now in century year without anything special to mark the occasions other than the reading of the first minut es by warden wilson at the january session this year on tario county council is now in its hundreth year it is in the same position as the town of whitby which was incorporat ed in 1s85 and will mark the centennial next year the first council session was held in 1s51 and many and valu able are the historical records now in the county vaults at the court house the corner stone of the court house was laid in 1053 by members of the mas onic order who turned out in large numbers from all parts of the county and some from outside places first members of the council were designated as town reeves and deputy- reeves records in possession of william g manning county clerk and treasurer show that brock township had reeve and deputyreeve mara and rama in the north part of the county were one municipality repre sented by a reeve towaship of pickering had a reeve and deputy reach and scugog were one under a reeve and deputy scott township also in cluded the village of reaverton which was not then incorpor ated or recognized as a village uxbrldge township included uxbridge town not then in corporated as a municipality but represented by a reeve township of whitby included the village of whitby the twp of whitby and east whitby with a reeve and deputy osh- awa as already noted was then a struggling village thos nicholson gibbs was the first warden retain armistice school holiday the ontario legislatures ed ucation committee turned aside a suggestion that schools re main open on remembrance day the suggestion was put bv w e brandon pc york west committee chairman who said the spirit of the day would be better served if ser vices were held in the schools education minister dunlop said the canadian legion would oppose the dropping of the holiday and suggested the com mittee take no action until the legion changes its stand canadas oldest grocer in business at cameron believed to be canadas old est grocer william hewie of cameron looks ahead with con fidence to the future as he en- tors his 94th year and his isth year in business at the same stand unlike most people to day who are looking for short er work weeks mr hewie says he finds he hasnt enough time to do all the things he wants to ive worn out one floor and ive got at the second one mr hewies day starts at 6 am and he says he hard ly ever gets finished until a- round m pm looking over at an attractive young lady who had just entered the store motor court operators an exceptional opportunity to gain new profitable ideas you and prospective operators are invited to attend an outstanding series of lectures on motor court and motel operation and management to be held at sheraton br3ck hotel niagara falls ontario april 8th and 9th 1954 registration is entirely free and commences 9 am april 8th you will benefit from the helpful ideas to be presented on interior decorating landscaping business methods advertising housekeeping public relations for any additions information irrtte the director development branch ontario department of travel publicity qq 67 coueg street toronto i p cl q tow opujv miwit he said i coaid get a lot more done in the day if i didnt have to answer so many quest ions these boys and girls ask me mr hewie was born 2v6 miles north of the village in which he does business he has a brother peter s4 years of age who celebrated his diamond wedding recently a sister lives at sterling spring specials at goldens we have made a special purchase of manufacturers samples of shortie coats novelty weaves and many other materials smartly styled in pastel shades made to sell at a higher price ladies spring suits now is the time to invest in a smart spring suit styled in the seasons newest look wool nylon materials worsted and novelty weaves spring special 2450 ladies spring dresses we have a 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