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Pages from the Editors Notebook We wore reading an Item about time and timepieces in Saturday Night We refer to it because it so happened our faith in the town clock on the post office building wus shattered on Sunday J Saturday Night referred to a friends theory that what Is wrong with the world Is the de cline In favor of the watch and chain There was a time he when looking at a was a stately procedure worthy acknowledgement of the inexor able passage of minutes into history not to be hurried or de layed there was a sense of abiding values in the fingering of a solid chain across a portly vest there was a pause for thought as the watch was ex tracted and its face revealed Now there is no pause no time for but a harried glance at a wrist the friend pointed out the worlds In a rush because It doesnt Know what time really is and things wont get any better until the ritual of the watch and chain is restored lite town clock conveyed to us a sense of abiding values because it was there Overlook ing the town ft has recorded the passage pit minutes Into history not to be hurried or de layed at least not until It stopped on Sunday have we observed citi zens to stop on Main St turn their faces upwards and gaze at the face of the old town clock The clock provides an excuse to pause for a moment to note the lime of day and to look at the clouds and sky There is an inherent quality in Its old face it instills confi dence in the observer flic town clock is the sentinel over the Sleeping community It is understandable that dents expressed shock the stopped on Sunday Their sense of security was disturbed The sentinel had failed At pm the hands on the north face registered Worse one of the other faces registered shippers were re turning homo from church In the evening None of the hands on the our faces were right It was not until two days later that we decided to investi gate the reason behind the clocks failure At first we only concerned with the fact that it had stopped rea sons had not mattered because we do not thing of the clock as a piece of machinery It turned out that the reason the clock stopped was not that a mouse had run up it nor that anyone had forgotten to wind It It had merely frozen And why should that disturb us After all it has been happening ito more modern machinery every morning for the past Week The custodian of the clock Worked for two and a half hours thawing out the works with coal oil to get the old clock running again We can be thankful for that But it will take a long time to forget that the clock failed rotnthe files 25 and 50 Years Ago JANUARY Mr and Mrs Fred Doyle of Port Lamb ton who were here for Christinas and afterwards went to Ottawa to visit her mother were here again this week and are returning home today Mr and Mrs Morton spent Nov Years day with Mrs Morton Joseph Street They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs H West wood as they were former Morton Park friends Mr Fred Meek student at Victoria College Toronto was visiting in town over the week end Mrs Gordon of Sha ron daughter of Bailiff of Newmarket leaves his week to join her husband at Kingston He went there a short time ago having received the appointment of farm in structor at Kingston peniten tiary and has entered upon his duties Miss Bert and Master Sonny spent Sunday and Wed nesday with the at Sharon Mrs A Gardiner for merly Miss Jessie of Bradford will receive for the first time since her marriage at her home on Huron St on Friday Jan from lo and to Mrs will receive with her and In evening Mm Gardiner will also receive Mr and Mrs John Warren Mr and Mrs Howard and Dora motored up from Toronto and spent New Years evening with Mr Albert Dr M Hall left for his home In Mclfort this week his wife remaining here to visit for a few weeks Miss who has been visiling her home for the holidays left for Fort on Saturday last Mrs Gordon Wilmot la spending a few days with her parents Mrs and Mrs Peter before leaving for new home in Kingston JANUARY Mr who was one of the prominent members of the Salvation Army here a year or two ago was in town this week and left yesterday to assist in the Army workin the Yukon Miss A Lloyd who has been spending the holiday with her uncle Col Lloyd left yester day morning for Chicago Mr John of Calgary was in town on Monday He is down on a three weeks vaca tion trip and looks well Mrs Terrell is visiting with her daughter in Belle ville who has been quite ill but is now improving On Tuesday morning when the caretaker went to put a fire on at the primary school he found that the floor vas cov ered with three inches of wa ter The watertap was frozen all Monday and it is sup posed that the children left it open The warmth in the building evidently started water to run after school was over Everything so damp that the pupils were dismissed on Tuesday morning for a day and a half for fear of them catching cold Col Lloyd was in Toronto this week in connection with the Industrial Mr and Mr Boss en tertained a large party on Thursday evening of last week Quite an ordinary market last Saturday that a larger quantity of beef vas offered than usual Very little change in prices The general rule was as follows butter to 20c a lb eggs new laid 29 to a packed dressed chickens CO to a pair geese to apples 1 to 125 potatoes a hag chickens to old to pigeons a wood green dry 0 Superintendent Stokes pears to get along well the inmates and the prospects ore that he will do the county good service There are now men and 18 women In the- Home hens pair with ONTARIO SCHOOL TEACHERS SQUABBLE Vi J ty -v- I l 1 ft wmarbt Ira and Aurora the rurol of North York Era The Express Herald MEMS NEWSPAPERS Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger Published every of Main by Bra and Express limited Subscription 4 for two for one year In advance copies are Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department Manoflfng titter ION Womens Wttof RACINE Job Printing and THE EDITORIAL P AGE PAGE TWO THURSDAY THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYFOUR IMPROVEMENTS IN BOARD AFFAIRS At the inaugural meeting of the public school board there was a frank discussion about the duties of trustees the principals and the supervising principal The board referred to the public schools act which states that the principal is in charge of the school As one trustee put it trustees have no right to be in the schools in what amounts to spying on the teachers and principals The members of the new board are to be congratu lated for clearing up a situation which has only gen erated ill feeling in the past The responsibilities of the trustees are explained clearly in the act and there Is little doubt that the members of the 1954 school board will carry out their duties according to the act There is little doubt too that the members of the board favor open discussion on all matters School board business is a public matter Elected members no doubt will agree that when of the board and issues involved are open to the public there are fewer com plications and solutions are easier Stifling of public only results in unhealthy Another policy which should be and which no doubt will be changed concerns of the profession at school board meetings For the few years supervising principal of the school has been asked to lea the room after the board has dealt with routine it is a questionable m fh The board a public meeting and the supervising principal as a citizen need only move from the table where business fa conducted lake a seat as a spectator and listen to discussion for the remainder of the meeting But since school board policy has been to ask the professional representative to leave the meeting he has done so It is a senseless policy embar rassing to the members of the board and to the teaching profession- It should be changed NEED MORE COMMITTEE REPORTS J r The first meetings elected bodies in Newmarket suggest a healthy trend in municipal affairs The pub- lie school board indicates that it will earn public con fidence and at its affairs will be open for public approval or disapproval Members of the town council in the first two meetings of the have shown that public issues be thoroughly aired at- the regular meetings of council Much of the discussion on council business is done in committee meetings Recommendations are submit ted by committees at the regular meetings of the whole council and the final decisions are made there The committee system is the best one and it eliminates many hours of discussion at the regular meetings of the whole council It saves time The only argument against the committee system is that the groundwork and early discussions which result in the formulation of policy are not always made public Committee meetings are not reported by the press More reports by chairmen of committees at regular meetings of the whole council could offset the argu ment against the system Chairmen could report on progress of committees before recommendations are given Press reports could then be made The only other suggestion might be that the important committee meetings be open to the press Up to now it has been the policy to hold committee meetings in the absence of the press 7 An incident Ihix week showed the disadvantages in keeping committee activities in the dark An applica tion by a real estate broker to a subdivision on the east side of St had before the planning committee for four- months On Monday evening the council with five new members was asked to accept the application of the new members had nothing about the proptmed subdivision An the subdivision planned to Include I 10 house would have effect on future ifoiinciltorH justified in asking for more time to consider the cation On the other hand anxiety the part of i applicant vas understandable a four of negotiation with the planning Had the been made public over the past four lite five newly have Ikcu familiar with lltu Monday con with ft pro- t t J t www posal without previous warning No one should object to a request for more time Their decision could affect the economy of the municipality for many years ahead Public knowledge of the town councils activities as the issues progress can only make decisions easier for the elected representatives at the same time the public will have a better understanding of the reasons for the decisions and probably a more sympathetic view SUBDIVISION EXPANSION TOO RAPID m p m The possibility of a house subdivision completed in one or two years at first suggests progress That number of homes would increase the of the community and provide low cost homes for residents But going f tut her the picture becomes complicated The increase in the population probably would construction of another public school build ing or a huge addition to one of the existing buildings Newmarket high school is now so crowded that classes being held in the This lias happened in spite of the fact that a wing was built a short time ago The growth in population and the physical growth of the community could necessitate extra police and fire protection When the application was made to council Monday night to subdivide a large area of land on the east side of St these problems concerned members of council and a decision on the application has been post poned The chief objection voiced by council was that no eastwest streets were planned to join the subdivision and the town Access to the subdivision be by St and Davis Drive according to the proposed plan Members of council that there should bo access for fire fighting equipment and police along a street opened eastward These issues arc not the important ones What Council must do is to determine the relation between tax revenue the subdivision would produce and the costs which could result from such rapid expansion It will be a difficult decision to make it will be difficult to determine what extent of school cost increases the sub division will create the need for extra police and fire protection and other services will be equally difficult to determine Should costs be greater than tax revenues coun cil can answer this question which was voiced by Reeve Dales Monday night Do we want to build new schools for Toronto people With demand for low cost housing what it is in Toronto it is reasonable to expect that residents from the city will buy these houses and com mute Nowhere in the city would they find housing costs so low The subdivision too would increase Newmarkets residential assessment which already is out of propor tion lo industry according to the planning experts Industry at present is said lo represent percent of the municipalitys assessment residential and commer cial assessment is percent Planning experts say is the ideal Residential development is inevitable and necessary but without industrial development it can only lead lo a state where we have an impoverished community CHAMBERS ANSWER The chamber of ban since come out with the that the following area be developed for industrial purposes St to Drive east of Si lo a minimum depth of It would appear that lite chamber ban a solution worthy of consideration The policy hot impisle the development of a housing between St ami I ho up area it would permit development of industry and housing ingvthor with a possibility of greater in than in ctjMfl It would bo lie answer to greatest problem the shortage of industrial land with services Willi development rif the two Inevitable ell could the of water ami services to Iho indusl rial area Until now has been no of Employ- Im residents of the new housing areas would be rod industry discouraging Yankees got a lot to con tend with facing these hard ships of the Canadian wilds said Slim on Tuesday Why whats happened to him now I asked Had a fire at the house Stoked up the Quebec heater too full in this past cold and set fire to the chimney Yankee as the composing room people call him is a member of our staff who immi grated to this country from England two years ago Actu ally hes a proper dashing Canadian now but there are problems which arise in this new country such as central heating driving on the right side of the road and drinking coffee in the afternoons In his dreamy moments he drives his four cylinder beetle down the left side of road and worry con stantly about him being out on the highway According to reports Yan kee was seen on the roof of his house frantically pouring a of water down the chim ney to put out this here con flagration said Slim It was so cold that most of the water froze before it got half way down the chimney Too deter mined not to call the brigade he tore down half a wall in the back kitchen to get the fire out Slim said Yes the perils of Canada are everyday occurrences for us I said But weve got to think of these immigrants They are facing new hurdles every day Yeah like the girl in the drugstore who didnt bring the water to the before she made the tea said Slim Yes all these things repre sent difficult hurdles to over- come in a new land We thinks the early pioneers had tough l A times and that thats all over with But it isnt On the other hand Yankee himself says that life here is Wonderful Coldest country the world he says and body can keep warm Different over there he says only fireplaces and everybodys rheumatic with the cold says Friendly here too and lots of sunshine Sunshine makes a difference in the mood people are in More sunshine better mood I would think hed miss Sunday papers I said He says it dont bother a bit said Slim Well we should always re member the immigrants of view I said After all one person sees life the way as another and when come from thousands of away you are bound to things a little odd Yep we is a heterogeneous lot us Canadians Best w should bend over to tolerate one to another said Slim Best we should I agreed j by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches Few occurrences in our daily life are quite senseless and futile as an automobile acci dent One minute there are two vehicles on the road pro ceeding according to some set rules and regulations The next minute there is a twisted mass of steel and sometimes bodies too The statistical and psycholo gical background of these acci dents has been explained and discussed many times It in- volves every factor affecting human existence There is a minor detail which feel can and does cause accidents and which could be eliminated Move attention should be paid to culverts and approaches to buildings on main highways Last Saturday we heard of a car being hit from behind be cause it swung left In traffic in order to a righthand A day later we were driving Gorhum St a car puhed to the right before making a lefthand turn in front of us There was a good reason why the drivers of these cars did this Anyway it was an ex pi a nation to the drivers To sty on the culvert or to hit the center of the culvert on an uphill lane they had to take a run at it On slippery roads there no other way of doing it This approaching a turnoff highway might cause a serious accident The solution is obvious and one should the of those who are in reducing the present accident rate There should be lobulations concerning tares approaches and culverts on highways First culver is should be wide to proven swinging into traffic edges should be distinctly culvers should bo easily ivoonlied from a distance Third the view in both should be clear to see the approach traffic Directional should matle compulsory on all model cars at no extra This could bo the contribution to safe inif It would bo interesting to how much the accident could be reduced if a stretcl of highway was picked as test area All approaches all the roads in the would be improved and safety measures tried The cost Half the cost the wrecks see these da of slippery roads would for it Insurance races bo decreased There would the saving in life and limb human suffering Insurance companies are completely blameless in this spect Rates went up the increased of repair replacement of drivers and more efficiently A dollar- year allowance for signals would not pay installation but it courage manv on cars civic attesspfe be made to- pafti ittejaj to drivers po3iiiV mi takes and ihoircars the saAj j in the be type f bur against mighf Sel wis Aid i M f r PRESENTING HER COLORS TO of a mlgnatloa of Mihen on May protest the public teacher through ala- taking In high if 1 v If the master of the people the state i their guarantee Infringement on their rights their agent in international and national issues It the function of the state the direction of those activities which rest Queen Elizabeth wearing a frock of creamy silk and small J black spots pictured she presented her color to Zenind navy in a ceremony at dockyard Auckland Lieut Joe who rode In the Queens mounted escorts during the coronation ceremony In London held the which the standard was set by Her Majesty Thousands vitwff parade In brilliant ACv r-