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7 Pages from the m f standardization of fire hose connections which was carried put In Ontario over a year ago made it possible for fire brigades to work to gether as a team at the Aurora fire on Monday At one time threads on connections differed among- municipalities Brig- going to other towns could not connect hose to s could they connect hose in equipment belonging to other towns where thread diff ered As a civil defence measure all hose connections were to provide uniform in the province but the highest praise has been heard about firemen who worked at Au rora were and their equipment fane tioned Contrary to early reports there was no shortage of water in the fire may have been much was learned by the various brig ades who took part and the ex perience they received in work ing together will stand them in good stead in the future Also From the Files of indicated was the importance of municipalities providing their firemen with the best of equipment Firemen often risk their lives and it is hoped that there will never be loss of life or injury because of the of proper equipment The York County hospital auxiliary is presenting A Night Burns at the town hail this evening- v If it had not been for Burns day a member of our staff staff would have gone through life believing to be of Irish descent It was through a discussion with a prominent local Scot that she discovered her family name was Scottish not Irish although Iter ancestors had immigrated from Ireland Someone must have been stealing sheep arid was forced to move to Ireland she said Any interpretation of the com ment Is entirely to the Scot tish and the Irish But we won der how a person could spend half of his or her life being proud of being Irish and then spend the other half being proud of being Scottish i B Oft of in New- Aurora has been of the Sunday school lace for the year been postmaster at for the past 25 years Alfred Dennis oldest son Mrs Edgar Dennis night for Sun- where he has position on a large range mm evening as Osborne was home to the house of her son on Botsford Street the ice breaking bone This is as her is In the hospital down the on Ontario St on little Jackie had misfortune to come in a motor car driven Cody and received a lew minor injuries Miss Marjorie Boyd is enter- bridge on Friday in honor of her sister Mrs M Hall of Sr r J mm of spent Wednesday night and Mrs A gone to Kentucky to the winter with their iMJss Beatrice of Hospital is spending a couple weeks with her parents afiTOvC is a business trip of two the northern district and to return tomor row Miss Pearson and Mrs son from Toronto spent part of last week with Mr and Mr Kirby Mr John Wright of Superb ask writes The weather here ft Very mild and very little snow here on are still running ivirs A Gardiner of Newmarket formerly Miss Curry received for the fir time since her marriage on Friday Jan The days are now lengthen ing and there is a gain in the of minutes between and 31 The ice Is now Lake inches thick on Fairy Miss Anna and friend from Toronto were home over Sunday Mr and Mrs Hughes were at home with friends last Friday night Miss Ethel Switzer of Rich mond Hill spent Friday even ing and part of Saturday with Mrs A Coombs Miss Florence Cane of New market spent a few days last week with her friend Miss Kate Barry at Miss Davison returned home last Friday after spend ing a week with her aunt at Richmond Hill Mrs Mr A Little of Hull son of Mr Little of this town had the misfortune to cut the thumb on his right hand and it is very sore On Wednesday night next there he a grand fancy dress carnival at the skating rink The full hand of the Regiment has been engaged and a good time is promised Miss Annie Elliott and Miss Edith Sherman of Sandhill are making a short visit in tovn with the formers sister Mrs A Coombs Mrs George after spending two weeks In with Mrs has gone to Toronto to spend a week before returning to home in Newmarket On Wednesday ve had a call from Mr Amos Rogers of Sparta near St Thomas He one of the first subscribers to the Era which made its ap pearance years ago today and in ail that time has never missed an issue Mr Rogers was visiting Mr John Rogers Mr Asa Phillips and other old residents and left yesterday for Ho intends to stop off at Newmarket for a few more on his return trip Mrs of Michigan who has been visiting at Mrs Aaron Tooles since New Years has gone to Toronto for a fey days previous to leaving for home Her mother Mrs Williams who came with her also leaves this Miss Davison returned home last Friday after spend ing a week with tier aunt at Richmond Hill Mrs If T GIRL IS WORLD SKI HA v f mm i t j J 1 rf i r turned person In Urn Ait the worlds her OH Ann will over to compote In world champion- anada4 vuis tied f Xfircss I III rfUMil Newmarket J every of Main me I mi J nrM for ijoch fiteA Woytfttf J and the ftiiiaau of CrVcilnhoiit on i5P MrtnnufmF rj Cat Catnips By PAGE TWO THURSDAY THE DAY OF- JANUARY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SYMPATHY GOES TO AURORA j l i 1 Along with the people of the North York district community this newspaper extends sympathy to the town of Aurora following its disastrous fire on Monday The effect of the fire will be felt by Aurora for a long time The loss of a life and the loss of property and money was the immediate result of the disaster The municipality itself will be affected by an assessment loss Aurora commerce will be affected temporarily be cause a rfii fcer of business establishments will not function for a period of time The fire was a blow to the citizens of Aurora and their civic leaders The spirit of any community would be expected to be dampened by such a disaster but there is no doubt that the fine community spirit of Aurora is not to be weakened The community already looks forward to the rebuilding of the business area which was destroyed New and better buildings will replace those which were destroyed and damaged No one has any doubt that Aurora will recover from its loss and that it will be a better community as a result of its efforts to recover FIREMENS WEEK Of the weeks in the year this one should be firemens week in the district Those who watched the disastrous fire in Aurora on Monday will appreci ate the efforts of the fire brigades in North York working together as a great team to save the business section of Aurora from complete destruction Most of the firemen were volunteers They included milk de li very men factory workers office workers they rep resent nearly all walks of life They receive little praise and so often much criticism from curious onlookers most of whom know little about the job of fighting fires Consider the truck driver who serves as a member of the local fire brigade His normal days work is routine He is an ordinary citizen who car ries out his duty not particularly noticed by his fellow citizens When there is a fire and when there is danger we see that he has qualities which are most needed in times of disaster lie makes the right decision at the right lime lie shows courage and good judgment that others may lack He saves lives and property while others are helpless or too overcome by emotion to be useful His hours of training have made him the most needed citizen in the community When the time of danger is over lie reverts to his normal role as a citizen of the community If ever there is a time it is this the community should pay tribute to this man the average volunteer fire fighter No district fire brigade can he singled out as having done the greatest service this week AH earned the highest tribute which could be paid at the Aurora lire on Monday Hut we note that the Newmarket brigade was called out for five fires ill days Thursday to Tuesday Tuesday night a house on Andrew St broke out in flames Firemen were at the scene in a short time and should he given credit for doing an ex cellent job To the onlooker it appealed thai house would lie destroyed completely Members of the bri gade went at their tasks efficiently controlling the blaze by stages from the basement to the ground floor and then to the lop floor In an hour and a half the fire was out y One of the greatest hindrances to the fire depart ment is traffic Motorists rush to Hie scone and jam the streets Crowd press too close to the lire and ham per the movement of men and equipment If onlooker realized that they could be responsible for lass of lift property by impeding the efforts of firemen and the movement of vehicle they would have more consideration than they usually RESERVE ARMY ESSENTIAL Queens York Hungers have been considering the of a Army unit in Newmarket town council ved a letter from Col officer llio Queens Hanger asking for advice and in forming a unit The first problem able building for training purposes A serious problem might be found in persuading young men to join the Reserve Army A reserve squadron of the Rangers now trains in Aurora and whether or not sufficient numbers of young men could be found to make up a Newmarket unit is a question the army officials might answer after conducting a survey On the subject of the Reserve Army in Canada theBarrie Examiner has the following to say yyvy It is reported from Ottawa that another reorganiza tion of Canadas Reserve Army is contemplated De fence department officials apparently are greatly con cerned over the lack of interest being shown by the youth of the country in becoming members of the re serve units in their own communities Knowing from experience in two wars how vital these reserve forces are to maintaining a fighting army in the field top ranking officers are looking for methods by which in terest in them can be restored The Reserve Army as at present constituted came into being after the Second World War It replaced the former Permanent Active Militia which had existed for many years and which played a highly important part in the recruiting and training of manpower in the two world wars While at that time the NPAM did not receive the governmental support it should have had and its manpower reached a low ebb we doubt that at any time it was ever so weak in strength as the Reserve Army is at the present time Possibly these modern times are not propitious for the maintenance of a sufficiently large volunteer reserve army Men who fought in the second world war or who have returned from Korea shy clear of it to a very large degree And there does riot seem to be the response to its needs from the youth of the country that the re was a generation two ago Yet a strong and welltrained is ah essential link in Canadas defence forces 30 that should the necessity arise there will be a pool of trained troops on which to draw for active service We doubt however whether the present volunteer system will bring into the Reserve Army tlie numbers needed to make it effective It may be that some meas ure of compulsion by which young men will be required to devote one or two evenings a week and two weeks in camp in summer will be necessary if it is to serve the purpose for which it is intended We believe that those who are concerned with the security of our coun try will see this as a step which must be taken under any system of reorganization for the Reserve Army MORE CROSSING FATALITIES Last week we discussed hazards at level crossings in the district in particular where roads cross the Can adian National Railways track which passes through and Mount Albert Since that lime a man has been lulled at a crossing on the same line north of A truck driver was killed instantly Friday when his delivery truck was struck by a freight train There is no 4 warning at the crossing and the crossing sign is only a few feet from the track We had discussed the farm forum topic of the week which concerned rural level crossings Monday evening the members of Hie Mount far forum listed within a radius of 1 i f A of- a ro da lilts he forum IMio slop signs be at lovej crossings and that the law to slop at the tracks Hoses are required stop at and should do Tito clear away ami keep paint ed The ir I liut rips of tapes be pot oil railway freight can 1 The tun for Hut rural inasiis la long la some en a as which placed hundred foul buck from the crossings have been knocked down not rejilnced Matty of I c I 1 I a e since the days I ices and fifth rod Hie view of tin gra- cause dangerous won der how many accidents and ftUalUiuiAvill occur before a scrtoim effort is to improve According to missed That puis up the from Stretch the re porter from the assigned to the expedition into the ship swamps Slim cancelled the plunge into the The expedition to the average per All we can Say is that must he some good shots in The birds represent a to The cluck on ciiyhaH wil not operate be- cause the birds have in Hie sales of news- I papers however have abominable swamp man- In citizens wear then r- ten tier record Iju unloi and both ton team which IUcW from of toprtei r dpi motional and national It the swamp has heen postponed because Slim a natural born naturalist has been called down id Hamilton for a with civic officials about the starling Other members of the expedi tion Cuttin Corners residents Poor Perkins Sleep and Algernon are camped in the snow at the edge wariip await ing their leaders return- In a statement to reporter Stretch SUm The swamp rhan Will have to wait Right now have a problem with them starlings down in Hamil ton They aint got a solution to It yet The only people what has not complained too much In Hamilton Is the storekeepers what soils umbrellas Our office was amazed at one radio broadcast about the bird problem in Hamilton this week A commentator said that 500 marksmen were organized and shot the birds where they had congregated in thousands among the trees The hunters shot one volley into the trees and then another volley Over dead birds were counted Now that is a good story In two shots each marksman kill ed six birds thats three birds per shot each hunter Now there is little doubt that their heads when they walk i down King Si says he knows of ah immigrant from central Europe It who might be able to cope the problem Ties a new can- who is interested in folk musicV says He is to be a descendant of a fellow who once was supposed to have lured rats out of a city by on a pipe lamgoin to consult with offidats and see if they win put up a and for this piper to pipe the starlings into Hamilton bay Its only The starlings are believed to be holding a winter convention Hamilton But why they cidel to convene In that city is not known Hamilton has things to offer a good bird convention such as a cent ral square with trees Nearby is the city hall tower for con venient perching There is also a large fountain In the city square convenient for drinking- Otherwise Toronto would be just as good It Is not known whether the SV- starling convention will be an annual affair in Hamilton or not Certainly If it is to be that Hamilton will become a mecca for bird watchers It offers a wonderful opportunity for studying the habits of the start ing l- Meanwhile the search for the abominable swamp man Is held up a si i by Dairy Farmed The Top Six Inches The rumor is around town that the merchants of will try to persuade the buy- public to consider Friday night the open night in town and close on Saturday at Undoubtedly sooner or later this lead to closing at Sat urday noon and probably event ually to closing on Saturday completely There is not much doubt in cur ids that the merchants will point to decreasing sales on Saturday night as an argu ment together with the fact that most offices and govern ment services are working five days a week and there is no reason why the merchants and their helpers shouldnt get the same opportunity for rest and relaxation We do not want to trot out the old argument asking when the farmer gets his relaxation and when he gets his five day week This Is an argument that isnt getting anywhere we would like to point out the facts as we see them New market the county town is the center of a farming community Farmers do go to town on Sat urday Maybe they do not shop that as much as they used to Hut they visit and they meet their friends and they look lit the windows they look things they may need and eventually they will and hoy in Newmarket They will not come and look around a dark Main street they do not see the displays and If I hey do not think about the merchandise they need they will less arid they wont It in Newmarket chants may consider this point weak and not a good argument But will they deny that the basts of all advertising is to keep the merchandise in front the public If they miss their best of doing so they will lose sales The farmer in the middle of the working season which is from May to September does not want to break his week twice once on and once on Saturday Farmers do work flights in haying and harvesting and they will go and shop for necessities in smaller centers at the stores along street at the of the Marsh and south if the town of Newmar ket wilt be closed The Saturday opening is a ser vice it is an entertainment and it is a tradition in a farming y community If the town feels it has graduated from this to the status of a suburb well that is good and well but let the merchants remember that space it lacks the glamour and the gleam of the big new shopping plazas the band con certs and all the other attrac tions that go with it And finally what about part of the that cannot close What about the garages and ear lots and ear dealers the movies the restaurants and the arena What about the people from the lake Any re- duet ion of the number people that tome to Saturday night will hurt the town as a whole We however shouldnt worryi about this We worry farmer the faithful customer the town who will have Justin mere obstacle and irritation put in his way of doing and earning a living W town wants to close down for tvsl why dont the merchants d It on Monday h 1- Is- mm at n v 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