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and Member of Audit Bureau Circulations and Class A Newspapers Serving Newmarket and the rural district of North York Tear of publication Mount Albert News Published every Wednesday at SO Charles S Company Limited Subscription for copies are each Member of Class A Newmarket Era THE EDITORIAL PAGE WEDNESDAY THE DAY OF OCTOBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY- FOUR LOADED GUNS IN HOME The coming of fall brings a new haz ard to life and wellbeing just as one begins to have hopes that the weekly death tolls will be reduced with the pass ing of the bathing season and weekend boating activities But in many ways the gun takes over where the water follies leave off A grim example of what can and does happen whs provided recently by the Smiths Falls death of a young mother at the hands of her three year old son boy little more than a babe shot his mother in their home There can be no doubt but that care lessness was involved The boy had ap parently found a loaded revolver in the home of a friend and of course every small hoy is given to pretend shooting every person that comes his way once he gels a gun in his hand for Innately always a pretend gun Many of us have at one time or another pretended to be shot when accosted by some youngster wielding a toy There is no excuse for leaving loaded guns about a house certainly not where there is the slightest chance of children getting them or others not familiar with their operation handling them to bring trugedy into the home THE PARENTS ROLE Education in the elementary schools has not changed too radically in the past generation whereas developments in se condary education have been explosive in the past decade or so Many parents who have been out of high school for upwards of years have little or no conception of what goes on inside a modern high What therefore is the effect of paren tal ignorance of the new methods new courses new emphasis new opportuni ties new problems in high school today Should the parents leave the direction the child takes in high completely up to the school system How many students are being put into unsuitable streams or left in wrong chan nels when they could easily have been re directed because parents did not realize the situation or know the remedies How student dulled to mediocrity and then dropping out of school disheartened when fuller understanding on the part of his parents might have sustained him through the period of discouragement Many of our young people would go into life better educated better qualified if parents knew of the availability of bursaries and other financial aids to stu dents some of which are never awarded because of lack of applications How many gifted youngsters are in jobs with out challenge or reward when they might have been teachers or engineers if their parents had known that interestfree loans were available for the asking to finance a university education for any academically qualified student These questions underline the why the Ontario Federation of Home and Schools is anxious to see more Home and School Associations established in schools The basic aims are the in elementary and secondary Home and School Associations to work for the good of children the direction of effort and the needs are different In high school associations the dom inant need is to educate the parents so that they have a better understanding of ail the ways they can support the educa tion system to ensure that their children and others get the most out of ties available in todays secondary EARLY AUTUMN ICE CREAM SALE 2 GALLONS large variety of flavours the same high quality ights a family party night gatherings are more feslivt plenty of Cousins Ice Cream Its Quality Its Cousins This Offer Good Til October ICE CREAM CO hi ocii night to aMVOrlullnp Tl or ml 16 ami 17 t College Theatre lor an ml Mr Chin Holm Mr- ami Ml Mills Sept In 1 g prim- Km and his NIGHT CLASSES Sponsored by the Aurora District High School Board la till possible In enroll in most of the NIGHT CLASSES the Dr Williams Secondary School Aurora by phoning or by personal application si School on Wednesdays commencing or Mondays commencing October loth between the hours and am There has been a substantial in crease in registration over last year but applications will lie accepted for the following classes BOOKKEEPING CAKE DECORATING- ADVANCE ENGLISH MILLINERY HOME NURSING DRAWING PAINTING PHYSICAL EDUCATION Women SHORTHAND TYPING WOODWORKING nit Ion In other flosses originally offered has been The will be held on Mon days anil from pm pm beginning Wednesday Oct 1