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5 i Aurora athletes dominated every phase of the Eckhardt Trophy meet held here last Wednesday and captured every individual championship Final count was Aurora points Rich mond Hill Newmarket 111 Shown above is Newmarkets Jerry Hugo making a mighty effort to haul down Ross Lintons winning mark in the running broad jump For complete Trophy meet results see the Sport Pages COUNCIL SIDELIGHTS Prevails Mayor r I Parks Gifts m 1 The Oracle on Auroras comic weekly blew his top last week and tried to scorch certain members of council with a blast of his hot The purpose of this appeared to be to hoist Mayor Bel on to a pedestal of favorable publicity Mammoth headlines sprawling over seven columns were introduced by these words Mayors Prodding Ineffective It seemed to us a good thing that certain members of council halted the mayors impetuosity last week It would have been a good thing if his impetuosity been checked last summer When he got so hct up on plan board Mayor Bell is subject to spasms in civic and some of them are bad for Aurora At the last meeting of council his spasms swayed him towards accepting an offer of a little bit of land from Mr Lome Cousins The mayor was convinced it would make a 4 little park God knows there arc so many little parks in Aurora that when summer comes around they are just bursting with weeds Why add more little parks to the town to increase the number of weed rubbish belts Sector Ourselves Last week we visited the two pieces of land that council is be ing urged to add to the town properties First we went to take a look at Mr Ross Lintons property which he has offered to the town at the price of It stretches out in a little hollow below Tyler and Leper streets True we saw a nice trees St someone there in the interest of the childrens safety But the mayor repeated that it would make a nice little park Deputy Reeve Murray reminded the mayor that Mr Cousins gift would be costly to the town since a condition of acceptance was that the town must maintain ft We believe we are correct in stating that Mr Cousins owns a number of acres of land present ly to be subdivided adjacent to the piece offered as a gift In that case why doesnt the owner of the land himself maintain a nice little park for future res idents If we were a member of coun cil we would recommend that Mr Cousins offer of this gift of land which looked to us like a bog be graciously declined Such a rejection might disappoint Mayor Bell but he could always make an appeal to the planning board for another report And the Oracle on Auroras comic weekly could get out some more mammoth headlines to assist the mayors prodding For Leather The mayor rushed to welcome the installation of meters as though they were a heavensent there a wooden bridge and a Solution to Auroras parking creek and some muddy water It would provide a nice breeding area for groundhogs But does the council wish to promote a groundhog industry Unless it does it would be belter to save the town the expense of paying out for a piece of land that can serve it no foreseeable use ful purpose whatsoever At least those are our impressions of the scene Councillor Gundy reported that Mr Linton requires coun cils answer not later than June If we were a member of council we would tell Mr Linton to keep his land or sell it to somebody who badly wants it We would not vote for one penny being spent from the towns ex chequer to purchase such an out of the way parcel of land Councillor Gundy was back on the job again at the last meeting of council like a persistent old- time auctioneer talking about Mr Lintons land Let the groundhogs live their happy lives there and save of the towns money even should it dis please Mayor Bell Mr We looked at the little gnarled notch of earth which Mr Cousins has offered to the town and which Mayor Bell thought could be turned into a nice little It too has a little trickle Of dirty water to add to its at tractions Councillor said the offer from Mr Cousins had been kick- around council for about four years Councillor that it the gift were going be used as a childrens It would cost money to it in order and there would the additional cost of keeping v problem He went for meters hell for leather We havent seen him so up since he rush ed to get three readings on one night for the planning boards by laws Now meters may be a good thing or they may not But council was not in a mood to be rushed into this innovation with out careful thought And coun cil was right Reeve Cook Councillors and asked some pointed questions But the mayor wanted the met ers And when the mayor wants something he talks and talks and talks The fact is the mayor talks too much He should remember that he is chairman of proceed ings not a talker on the loose He should restrict his observa tions to a minimum It is for council to decide not the mayor He cannot even vote except on a recorded vote Then why doesnt he ration himself in this talking business What we hear is this that if a number of Main St merchants would stop the habit of keeping their own cars parked in front of other merchants stores for hours at a stretch the parking problem on Main St would be greatly eased The Board of Trade Months ago the august body known as the board of trade set out to solve the parking prob lem The president came to council one night and asked that the press should not report what he had to say to council as mat ters were then in a purely nego tiator stage The press faith fully adhered to the request Then it was announced that the Page Col 3 v j By J G SINCLAIR DEBENTURES Pay pay pay wrote Kipling many years ago The citizens of Aurora are wellinformed on pay pay But whether they know why they have to pay another We think they should know Wo we could enlighten them on all the details But we cant And for the simple reason that we dont know the ins and outs of these recurring debenture loans we were admitted to the board meetings where these burdens are imposed on the taxpayers we might be able to lighten our own darkness and the darkness in which the taxpayers painfully grope their way Theres the public school debenture loan On what will all that money be spent We dont know But we presume the public school board knows Wouldnt it be possible for the board to issue a broad statement of potential expenditures so that the taxpayers could get some understanding of the new tax burdens they are being called to shoulder After all this is public money taken out of direct and indirect taxation Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars Quite a lot of money On what is it being spent Then the Hydro Electric Commission asks for a loan of and gets it Who will pay The tax payers of course On what is the being spent We don know For the benefit of our readers who are mainly the taxpayers we would like to know We would be glad to enlighten them in AURORA NEWS page The chairman of the Aurora Hydro Commission frowns on the press So far he has refused to have the press at Commission meetings He went right off the beam in print when we mentioned the subject some months ago But he will have to get used to it For we are just at the beginning of our enquiries on hydro matters We have a lot of questions still to ask in the public interest METER PROBLEM Aurora does not lack in new projects Many of them never get beyond their initial stages and others fall by the way in various stages of development We have a large number of boards and organizations They are constantly multiplying At the present rate of hatching the time will presently come when a statistic- will be needed to number them The latest project to emerge from this prolific mental unrest is the one concerned with the proposed installation of meters A petition containing names of many merchants was presented to council at its last meeting petition favored the installation of meters Council is taking time to consider the proposal a safe guard it has not always practised in relation to more important matters planning board matters to wit In order to further knowledge pit this meter problem we canvassed the opinions of a few Main St merchants The impressions have derived from this limited enquiry lead us to the conclusion that if the regulation concerning one hour parking on Main St was faithfully observed the meter problem would dis appear This disregard of the regulation limiting parking to one hour is not the fault of the police If the police were given a clear and definite instruction to proceed against all offenders against the regulations they would carry out their orders But if the police have reason to believe that the authorities frown on too much in sistence on the parking regulation they cannot be blamed for an absence of parking tickets Double parking on Main St is not only a nuisance it is a serious hazard to life and limb It should be eliminated without delay The installation of meters will serve little useful purpose if double parking contin ues Double parking is the really problem that needs to be solved SIGNED EDITORIALS J For many years a rule obtained in British news papers of the first rank that all editorials had to be signed and printed with the writers name ow With the advent of British newspaper chains names of writers gradually disappeared and anonymity became the rule We think the disappearance of names from newspapers was regrettable We think it is only fair to the reader that the authorship of editorial opinions should be disclosed For one thing the reader has a guarantee that he or she is not being palmed off with opinions incubated in the office of an agency that sell them in quantities to cdi- incapable of writing their editorials No editor worthy of name will grab articles from other newspapers and reprint them as his own work The best type of editor takes pride In his newspaper and this pride expresses itself in a high regard for the good opinion of his readers He would not think of insulting them by passing on to them the work of others posing as their own The signed editorial takes care of all that If the editors name is printed on the editorial page then fenders have a right to extract that all editorials appearing thereon unless distinctly acknowledged other wise are work of the papers editors The ac knowledgment of articles written by others is not only good ethics it is merely simple justice to those who created the articles No honest editor writes articles merely to please readers He writes them because he has something to say something ho believes to be true Readers will respect a writer who expresses his own honest opinions whether they agree with thorn or not The first duty of editor is to be honest in his relations with his readers v i JU KNOW YOUR MERCHANTS Frank Teasctate Balfour with the amazing collar If background is a criterion of stability as it so often is then the grocer business on Wellington St owned by Frank Teasdale is one of Auroras chief historical landmarks Mr has had occupation of the store for over 30 years and before him in ownership were Scan- Ion brother of the founder of the Aurora store Mr Archie Murray former reeve of Aurora and Mr Frank took over the store in and after more than years ownership will proudly tell you that he wouldnt trade it for any other establishment in Aurora He has spent many happy years in his present loca tion and looks forward to a continuance of such a happy re lationship between himself and his customers for many years to come Mr Teasdale was born to the grocery business His father the late George and his mother had a general store at for years His mother is happily still surviving Mrs now in her year resides in Aurora and we are happy to add is enjoying good health Early Beginnings In his early years Frank Teas- dale was employed in James store on Yonge St as manager of the grocery depart ment In he turned his attention to more serious duties for in that year he enlisted in the mounted section of the Can adian Engineers with which company he served for three years Returning to civil life he once again took service with Mr In April of he took the venture of buying the business on Wellington street As has already been clearly he has never regretted that important decision in his life Besides his business interests in the Whimster store Mr Teasdale found a greater attraction there This attraction was Miss Elsie Wilkinson member of an old Aurora family who was also employed by Mr and culminated in their marriage ov er 30 years ago Winner of Silver Cups Frank Teasdale has found time for many interests besides busin ess Especially is he fond of horses and although he likes motoring he likes still better to get into the saddle A director of the Aurora Agri cultural Society for many years a cabinet in his store contains five silver cups which were awarded him for the best deliv ery outfit in the days when del ivery of merchandise by horse and wagon anticipated the use of cars These triumphs of a departed era he speaks of with modest but justified pride for he has a gen uine love for horses Personal Interest Vi A charter member of the Aur ora Lions club which recently celebrated its seventh anniver sary Mr is also a past member of the Rising Sun Lodge and AM He is also member of Royal Arch free mas onry A member of the United church Mr Teasdale is on the board of stewards Mr and Mrs have son Barton and a daughter Em ily resident in Vancouver Bar ton a chemical engineer is with the Canada Packers company Proof of Service It has given us very great pleasure to present this brief portrait of Frank for readers of AURORA NEWS PAGE The fact that Mr Teas- dale has successfully operated an individual store for the long period of more than 30 years is proof of the service he has giv en to his customers in ever- changing economic conditions No man can continue in bus iness for that length of time un less he has met the needs of the community he has served and as an individual merchant we wish him continued success We take the opportunity of combining that business wish with the personal wish that Mr and Mrs Teasdale will con tinue to enjoy many years of happiness together The Teas- dale store on Wellington St is another of Auroras tried and tested institutions I J At w r j J I fc m A I A -A- k J w A A m i i m first In Canada BALFOUR WITH AMAZING COLLAR A with men everywhere and the kind of jott need The in the collar of count up wear neatly at the office dinner or collar stays upright will wrinkle flatten or cut Head for the wide open remove Us- and man a hul that no equal Wear Si the with a dual personality SMARTEST in your Come all the trade thai YOU like hot At belter stores everywhere From BALFOUR SHIRT COMPANY DUNCAN r TORONTO Jack Stores MAIN ST NEWMARKET PHONE 505 a V What They Are Saying Tomorrow night in Newmar kets town hall the combined Students of Mrs J dancing classes comprising Au rora Bradford and Newmarket will present their recital Sev eral months of hard work have gone to the creation of a presen tation of a recital that is likely to he talked about for a long time to come From those competent to judge we learn that Mrs Lart- has a genius for the teach tag of the arts of the dance She possesses that distinction of genius namely enthusiasm In the presentation of the recital Mrs accompanist will he another Aurora lady Mrs and assisting accompan ists will be Jean and An imposing list of Aurora participants amounting to 35 will take part in the recital They are Janet Hayes Sally Corner Carole Johnston Sharon Karen Natalie Wool Gage Norma Hack Jean Murray Donna Hand Christine Thompson Diane McDonald Karen Taylor Kenneth Taylor Jane Ardill Judy Morton Anna Morton Margaret Mills Betty Morton Maureen West Colleen Cain Marylia Allen Bonnie Beck- with Patricia Henderson Nancy Jean Stephanie Gail Shirl ey Hayes Carol and Jean Land- en A magnificent program has been arranged of dazzling var iety and virtuosity The cos tumes will prove a groat attrac tion lovely in their varied colors and designs Newmarket is fortunate in that it can provide space for such a fine recital Until the Mechan ics Hall is put into shape Auro ra has no hall of sufficient size to accommodate such a presen tation We wish Mrs recital the success it deserves Presently we hope to be put ting on the record the result of the discussion that is going on concerning a full day closing once a week among the Aurora merchants In the meantime the that been clr- u I DISTINGUISHED LYING For an act or acts of courage or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy During the Second World War Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded to members of the RoyalCanadian Air Force exceptional fearlessness in the face of the atony outstanding courage and determination citations each one a tribute to service in the defence of freedom by men of the Today in Canadas rapidly expan ding Air Force more young men are needed to train as Air Crew Officers Navigation Officers Radio Officers and Pilots To be eligible you rpust be and 24 be a Canadian citizen or other British subject be physically fit and have Junior Matriculation or better among the merchants Consult thrCtrtar Councilor it your newest Unit To rk