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and Member of Audit Bureau Circulation and Class A Newspapers Serving Newmarket ami the rural districts of North York 113tb year of publication obhihed every Wednesday at 39 St Newmarket by the Newmarket En ft Express limited Subscription lor years for one year in advance Simla each Member Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspapers and the Audit Bureau Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mail Fast Department Ottawa Era IKS THE EDITORIAL PAGE the Express Herald sha Addison national in copi All province of government together on me na tional Centennial Comin There is another group Canadian Centennial bodies THREE LONESOME LAWMAKERS A great writer once that death id taxes were the only two sure things life There appears to be one other lyway if we can count municipal It is once again getting close to that of year when we as ratepayers get nil stirred up about the cost of running Great arguments is to the capabilities of the officials that have been serving us for the past and the possibilities of even neater vice front a dwindling number of s each year who rightly they will be able to right the wrongs of their predecessors One of the most amazing things about municipal politics or any politics for that be the apathy of the i public through dozens of council meet- and the sudden upsurge of interest and sometimes condemnation a short while before nomination day j Meetings of town councils boards of I education and other public ate the public and yet we feel sure I if these meetings could arrange a bingo game or rummage sale to take the municipal chambers during I the meeting there 1 have to be the door to keep the mill so of I dollars is difficult to define Talk to the ratepayer on the street and he can time up with some brilliant deductions is to the mistakes the local council is and even more brilliant solutions or alleviation of all this expenditure but him to attend a council meeting or I perhaps better run for office and I game will take precedence We have little cause to pat ourselves on the back or take a holierthanthou attitude in Newmarket on this score I During the past year except for a very infrequent deputation the voices of the local town councillors have reverberated and the local press have been he only link between council and the poft times disgruntled taxpayer It is certain that the general public he regimented into attending unci meetings but surely we can take heads out of the sand long enough realize that these elected bodies are directing many of the important things lives These men and women seek the support of the electorate every one two years and there is a big furore fur a week or so but by midFebruary the fire and brimstone has died down and he Spring sun once again calls us to the ball field and beach and our council like Tennysons brook flows on for ever OURS TO REMEMBER anada has lost some men in On November the anniversary armistice which ended World War from coast to coast will pay tribute to these dead those who fought ami gave their lives in the cause of free dom Out of respect to their memory wreaths will be laid at war memorials and two minutes of silence will be ob- period of silence is a custom which began in 1D19 when the late King George asked that all normal work and other activity cease for two minutes starting at am Symbolic of the spirit of and the honor in which these dead are held is the wearing of the poppy Canadians first came to associate the poppies with the war dead during the campaign in Flanders when each spring red poppies sprang up over the graves of those buried there Natures way of remembrance was taken as a token which was adopted and given worldwide prominence by Lt Col John who wrote the poem In Flanders Fields He pleaded that the living remember the dead for their stand on behalf of freedom He died himself but his pica and the poppies he wrote about lived on On November 11 each will remember in his own way Perhaps veterans of the two World Wars and the Korean conflict will think of comrades wives will think of husbands who went to war and never returned parents will think of boys who were young when they left home to fight and some will think of a father who went away such a long time ago The poppy is more than a symbol of remembrance for through the sale hand led by branches of the Royal Canadian Legion from coast to coast money is de rived to help veterans and their depend ents When you buy a poppy this week you honor the war dead and equally im portant perpetuate their memory in a way they would have you do by help ing others who also served CHOOSE THE BEST November is municipalities hold and those which hold back part of December at 1 e a thought to the men and sit in council during Already some of those who have held positions in have announced their intention to contest them but there is always possibility of changes Some will seek a position on a higher plane than that they have held this year and per haps some will choose not to seek fur ther responsibility and this will require new challengers Interested in securing a post in their community The positions that are open annually it takes a year to become familuu with a groups operation before being able to confidently take a leading part But come November and nominations every citizen has an obligation to see that adequate and intelligent leadership is available for the civic positions will 11 section not The council has made in favor of the but not presentations made was asked the July delegation or area Only people all half of the protesting school his own school Municipal councils throughout province are vociferous about the cost of delegation education and the imposition boards willynilly Yet tht council of East Gwillimbury ratepayers to with the exception of John Winner of the Anniversary Cake offered by Ltd ring their recent anniversary sale is shown being with the cake by Mr J Dentinal manage of the daughter me shown with Mr store Photo by that night- A hurried as called July was passed railing itself disapproval deciding ittee and the a whole had never desired ih to stop any 1 of the bylaw in truly Smith