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Editors Notebook n Serving Newmarket Aurora and the rural districts of North Spring has certainly been in the air this week and with it has come problems which in clude melting snow and ice colds and influenza germs De spite these troubles we caught an early touch of spring fever even in hurried trips to and from the office Never before have we ex perienced this spring feeling so early as in this month of Janu ary The air was balmy and we watched the small rivulets from melting snow running down the gritty pavement on Main St and we almost expected to see a Robin on the front lawn at the United church The days are lengthening noticeably and the sun sets with a red blush in the west each evening But who knows tomorrow may bring a blizzard The unusual spring weather this week as much as we liked it caused uneasiness in the composing room It all started when the roof leaked The snow on the flat roof had started to melt but we were unaware of this until a stream of water quite suddenly poured down be tween two linotypists Now this may seem like a trivial matter to the persons who know nothing of a print ing plant There are hot con tainers on the linotypes which are constantly at a temperature of several hundred degrees They hold something near a gallon of molten metal We are afraid to contemplate what would happen if a stream of cold water hit one of the linotype melting pots Cer tainly a geyser of molten metal would hit the ceiling and splash about the room Even worse it is possible that a pot would explode under the water treat ment Our employees here are quick to improvise Within minutes an umbrella was wired to the ceil- ing to turn the flow away from the machines This was satis factory for a short time but another member of the staff brought in some sheet metal and put up another roof un der the ceiling shaped it into a shallow trough A special crew was assigned to shovel the snow and water off the roof and since that time we have had no more water troubles Someone suggested that we repair the roof The suggestion of course was much appreciated Few know the perils of the publishing business The Newmarket Era The Express Herald Published every Thursday at 142 Main Newmarket by the Newmarket Era and Express limited Subscription 4 for years for one year in advance Single copies are 5c each Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Newspapers w Association and the Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department Ottawa JOHN editor CAROLINE ION Womens Editor GEORGE Snorts Editor LAWRENCE RACINE Job Printing and Production THE EDITORIA L PAGE THURSDAY THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYTHREE UNHEALTHY STATE Midmorning and midafter noon businessmens coffee clubs are informal affairs and mem bership may be obtained by wandering into any one of a number of coffeeserving estab lishments on Main St The coffee club discussions are on any given topic and that is where you will hear some of the best opinions theories and advice coming from pers ons who are free from inhibi tions There you will hear the best policies by which New markets council affairs should be carried out or how Newmar kets ailments could best be cured Thats why the coffee are the best sources of informa tion We would venture to say that if such offhand meetings were turned into an organized chamber of commerce and were conducted according to proper procedure the eloquence would diminish to a certain extent But the basis is there From the Files of 25 and 50 Years Ago JANUARY 1928 Churchill Curling club cele brated its 50th anniversary of organization last Friday and in response to an invitation to the Newmarket Curling club to take part in a a team composed of Messrs A Binns skip J John Murphy and Dunn drove up to partici pate in event The result was that Newmarket won first prize in competition with rinks There were no less than 17 tables at the progressive euchre held in St Johns last Monday evening and a ligRtful time is reported Mrs The won the ladys for points Mr George Flanagan the gents prize and Mrs Smart the prize for lone hands A very happy event was celebrated at New Years at the home of their eldest daugh ter on Ave To ronto which was the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs John Wesley who formerly resid ed in Sharon i Dr and Mrs Irwin of Weston and Dr and Mrs Bond of North Toronto took dinner on Thursday of last week with Dr J If Wesley it being his birthday Mr and Mrs J K head are expected home on Saturday after spending about a month in Winnipeg Mr Scott appears to be very glad to remain home after spending six weeks on jury In Toronto Mr Melbourne of Swift Current Sunk is spend ing a few weeks with his bro ther Mr Karl Mrs Thompson of To ronto and Mr Ed- Thompson of Kenora visited their brother Mr J Thompson Park Ave over Sunday Mrs Stocking of Aurora formerly of Newmarket is leaving for California next week for a visit with relatives JANUARY 1903 Mrs Boyd of Winnipeg visited her sister Mrs at Major Allans last week on her way to Hanover to visit her daughter Mrs James Adams We understand that a change is being made in the firm of Messrs Roche and Co A company has been formed to take over the business to be known as the Co with Mr Heche as manager Last Friday a young man named Spencer Everest met with a bad accident at Canes factory He was operating a band saw cutting pail staves the proper length He mis placed a slave cutting it too short and in raising his hand to throw it out for another size his fingers came in con tact with the saw and quick as a wink he had three fingers and the thumb taken almost off Dr Wesley dressed the hand immediately and he has hopes of saving all the fingers though they may be stiff here after Mrs Eastwood and Mrs Sproule who have been spend ing the last few days with Mrs at Killarncy return ed to Toronto on Thursday Mr Win Low was taken so bad with sciatica while at work at the Office Specialty on Monday that he had to be taken home Miss Minnie of was visiting over Sun day with the Misses Case Mrs Rev Wilkinson is here on a visit with her mo ther Mrs Geo Richardson Mrs of has returned home after friends in Newmarket Mr and Mrs J Millard were at home with numerous guests last Friday night Miss has return homo after spending three weeks in the city Miss Mary has gone to Waterloo on a months visit It is well known that there is a strained conflict between members of the Newmarket public school board This situation has existed for a considerable length time Aside from recent tempests there has been a constant state of poor relations between trustees the past year and it is probable that it dates back more than a year There is no fighting no noisy spatting on the board but plenty of wry remarks are made across the table The impression one gets from the board is that of a quiet volcano which never completely erupts It is difficult to diagnose the disease of the school board Tine state of affairs certainly may be compared to a disease It is easy to classify the symptoms They include prejudice and malice To go into the causes of a disease a physician has one objective in mind and that is to discover what treatment should be adopted to cure the disease Once causes are established the at tack is carried out But to go into the causes of the school board disease one must go to the individual mem bers themselves for a closer examination This might take considerable time because the examiner would be required to find out the causes of likes and dislikes hatreds and personal prejudices One might be required to go back into individual childhoods A psychologist would be belter fit for the job The conflict on the school board should not exist A school board is elected to serve the public by managing local affairs concerning education Buildings must be properly managed and a staff of qualified teachers must be maintained There should be no problem in carrying out these duties Other matters concerning personal grievances or dislikes should not interfere with the normal duties of the school board In other words school board members should have a public spirited outlook they should be concerned with serving the taxpayers the purpose for which they were elected nothing more It is not always the case that individuals stand as candidates for election with the desire to do public ser vice as the foremost motive Most candidates for public office have grievances to be aired But when elected representatives allow personal grievances and preju dices to supercede the desire to carry out duties in a public spirited manner they are not useful office hold- era The resulting state is unhealthy for the community PERSONAL INFLUENCES r w I A The school boards decision last week to bar War- students from the public schools has prompted questions from residents of Newmarket Chairman of the board Mrs Stella Curtis and trustees Allan Perks Mrs Best and voted to carry a motion to dismiss the children living at Warren- dale if school fees were not paid within a week Trustees Larry Bell and George did not vote on the motion and took little part in the discussion m I is a home for girls between the ages of 12 and In an article published previously and based on interviews with officials of the board the girls who are admitted to Warrendalo are described as neither delinquent nor incorrigible but rather they are unhappy adolescents who feel rejected In many cases they havo been taken from emotionally unstable homes where cooperation love and loyalty were met less frequently than wore friction hate or dis trust A succession of foster homes in which these girls to find the help they needed has built up their feeling of insecurity Perhaps In group living they will find that they are wanted that they are important to someone Four members of the public school board expressed opinions which conflict with those of trained social workers and members of the board State ments made at the public meeting of the board are not quoted in this or any other publication for obvious rea sons Should statements bo publicized untold harm could bo done to minds of adolescents Members of the board appeared to make no attempt to hide the fact that school fees and taxes were not the foremost reasons for their decision to bar students from schools Many public statements worn made but only a small part of the discussion concerned foes and taxes Hind not personal opinions boon concerned in tho school boards handling of the particular subject it is a question whether issue would have arisen or not A COUNCIL MATTER i A public school board does not levy or collect taxes Although tax arrangements were being made or had been made between and the Newmarket council th public school board decided to bar Warren- dale students from Newmarket schools until the board decided that taxes or school fees were paid Members of the board had decided that the residents of Warren- dale were nonresidents of the town and that fees should be paid The nonresident classification is doubtful The town council never considered desperate action to settle tax arrangements with There are legal opinions that such an institution should be free of taxes In spite of a possible opportunity to save funds by taking advantage of freedoms from taxation the board of recently offered to pay school taxes if not property taxes to the municipality There were opinions expressed by members of council that this was a generous offer In the meantime the school board decided to take independent action The majority of members made the decision without consulting town council that the nonpayment of taxes or school fees justified the barring of students from the schools Taxes and fees however did not seem to constitute the motivation for the action The settling of tax questions or even school fees would appear to be the job of the town council and offi cials of the municipality It would seem that the school board has stepped out of line to overrule tax settle ments which are under the jurisdiction of council MAIN ST ADVANTAGES One of the most popular topics for discussion among businessmen around Newmarket is the narrowness of Main St and the pros and cons of that great muni cipal undertaking the rebuilding of Main St pavement and sidewalks to be started this coming Spring is receiving the careful consideration of many merchants A man who lived in Winnipeg gave Newmarket Main St critics something to think about recently Ho pointed out the narrow Main SI and concentration of business locations in a confined area is a decided advantage to pedestrian shoppers In Winnipeg ho said the main shopping street is so wide that one not walk from one across the street and into another It is necessary to walk nearly the length of a city block to cross safely at a corner light In ket however a shopper needs only to lake a few steps across tho street to enter another store So there are advantages to the narrow street and the heavily concentrated business section Newmarket offers a wide variety of consumer goods when all its stores are taken into consideration Main St has most of the advantages of a large department store in the variety it offers and a shopper does not need to take many more steps than ho would in a largo department store- And Main St offers a further advantage The has the advantage of fresh air on his shopping tour which ho would not enjoy in a large department store ON HUMAN RIGHTS Swift Current Sun With the new year getting started it would well to think of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly just a little over four years ago on December to be exact For first time in the history of mankind we had a common universal moral code created and approved by representatives of people in nearly every part of the world representing nearly every religion extant Perhaps few of us during the past four years im mersed In our own daily troubles and affairs have taken pause to reflect on the significance of this document No matter what our race nationality or color may bo no matter what beliefs we or religion we practise no matter what our occupation or social or economic status happen to be wo now a common minimum code of human values mid rights But now could be a good time for us to honestly re examine our own beliefs prejudices attitudes and ac tions in light of this code and a time along with our friends or in our clubs and organisations to observe this great human document For this document this universal code can only to live and grow and have fulfilment if it is able to take root In hearts and minds and spirit of people And if it doesnt take root it may become merely another scrap of paper Its r re and growth rest with you and mo frith all of us Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger At the inaugural meeting of Corners town council Slim was appointed fence viewer for In an interview regarding this important appointment Slim said this week All fences will be viewed with an outlook in 1953 This here fence viewer will keep a con stant vigil over all fences wiUiin the corporate limits of the municipality How did this appointment come about Slim was asked Wall the public has been me to run office for a Jong time said Slim But Im strictly not a poli tician at heart At the insist ence of the mayor though I did accept this here appoint ment because I view every thing with a public spirit and will view every fence with that there same attitude I have a fence in my back yard that is falling down and you are welcome to come and view with alarm its deplor able condition I told Slim No a fence viewer is strict ly confined to his own munici pality asserted Slim I wouldnt want to come down here and view your fence I might be steppin on the toes of some fence viewer here We fence viewers swear a solemn oath that we will never view one anothers fences It just aint It seems to me that a fence viewer hasnt much to do in these modern times I said Fence viewers had their day when there was a of rail fences had they not Slim was mortified Ill thank you to keep any opinions that the art of fence viewing is on the decline to yourself Why fence viewing is one of the most important duties of the municipality Well take a couple of neighbors one of whom says the others fence is encroach ing upon his property and the other of whom says no it aint its encroaching upon his if you know what I mean i Yes Well they disagree and have a fight and a fence viewer is called in to settle it Well I instance comes in and steps in between these here wrang ling neighbors right between em and I lifts my hand up to shield my eyes and views After several minutes of pro fessional viewing makes my decision and that there is that You are a fence viewer and sort of judge or magistrate combined eh Well I had no idea of the importance of fence viewing I suppose then that any old fence viewer might have a lot of interesting stories to tell How so Slim nodded Have you any interesting stories to tell I asked I mind the time said Slim when a man built a fence so high in the Corners that he cut out all the sunlight from his neighbors house He did it for revenge It was a spite fence he put up because his neigh bor ate bananas in his back yard and threw the skins over the fence into his back yard Were you culled in No this was years ago when poor old Will rest his soul half blind he was took the case He viewed nigh onto an hour before he reach ed a decision and ordered holes put into the fence for fresh air and sunlight It was health matter Slim said We had no idea of what ends a fence viewer must go to to view in the proper profession al manner which is expected of him The Top Six Inches Dairy Farmer MS I- V The first week of the New Year brought two events of great importance to the farm- community One was the proposed sale of five million pounds of cheese mostly from Ontario to the UK and the other the discovery of that animal that was considered long extinct the 27 hog Now we have heard a great deal of the current varieties of bacon hog the 26 hog It is a mongrel born from very doubtful parentage the runt of the litter so to say but we will admit that towards the end of the year when the great animal breeder Mr Gardiner with his able assistant Mc Lean promised to introduce the new 1953 model called the hog we suddenly discov ered that we really loved the old brute As a matter of fact swore that we will never have anything to do with this new variety and hired different juggler called to do belter Between and me and hog pen we didnt that we had a chance This breed ing business of hogs with tags on them Is a bud bit of business and while all tho great masters whoso names wo mentioned before had their cure they all had their too and sometimes wo wore wondering If tho cure was worse than illness Along the first week of year and instead of bo- holding that hopeless runt the hog here was our old pet the hog frankly we dont know what happened Wo dont even know if the brute will live or not as a matter of fact it has a funny sort of squeal to it We certainly dont know who fathered this bit of gift from heaven but we think that may be while the master breeder wasnt looking the assistant McLean slipped one over old man In any cose wo great suspect that we havent heard the last of this racket yet Well we could say dont in the mouth of a gift horse The only trouble is we dont know whose gift It is and to whom As the end of the years hog run kept in creasing and filling up all available space at the yards and in storage some of it light and it became obvious that the arbitrary manipulation of prices is creat ing a very unhealthy condi tion There had to a short of marketable hogs In the weeks following What will stop the people who bought large numbers of hogs under the old floor price from bid- ding up tho expected small run and make a profit on the hogs bought the previous weeks And what will be the posi tion of tho marketing scheme which is duo to into effect the middle of tho month hog run will keep slowly la creasing as time goes on Will the marketing scheme bo made the gout of the eventual drop in prices that will be bound to come Wo do not know the answer As to cheese we hope that the negotiations now starting will give sumo assurance to the future too To remove surplus is one thing and a good one but wo also need assurance for next sunt production i r v ji i Til In I another Frenchman nodal power is wvit not ft of nWnt M in fcttomatfonaJ and rfcfcV J wwwr-o- i