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The eka wed January is woo vol us no Control no ban Editorials A E F writers to complain about snowmobiles Last weeks edition of The Tribune of mid The Advocate of Sutton carried editorials culling for more controls over the operation of snowmobiles In December our old friend luey Clarke wrote us a tetter condemning them We agree with our two colleagues in and Sutton about more controls and disagree with in her utter condemnation Snowmobiling especially in northern York County has reached fantastic proportions beyond the wildest dreams of the machines manufacturers Men and women young mid are spending hours outdoors on snowmobiles thai they used to spend in front of the boob lube Its common sighl today to see dad driving the machine mom behind him hauling a sleiphful of children Many families take a winter safari across some snow- covered lake or field their sleighs packed with barbecue meat buns and soft drinks for an outing under the bright winter sun Then there are the cowboys who roar their snowmobiles across front lawn driveways backyards fields and other pieces of private property completely disregarding the rights of others it is in this area where controls are necessary the protec tion and peace of mind of private property owners The Provincial Govern has made a feeble and farcical attempt at controlling snowmobile making display of license plates on each machine mandatory This is just another way for the govern ment to make money because who can read the twoinch high numbers on a plate as it speeds by at or 10 miles an hour especially Municipal governments should pass bylaws restricting the operation of snowmobiles to certain areas of their municipalities Restric tions should also be placed on the hours in which these machines can operate Police can enforce these bylaws and lay charges Hut they cant touch anyone on private property Its up to the individual to watch for offenders call the police and then lay a charge of trespassing all snowmobiles is not the Lucy more controls is anil some common sense and courtesy by the people who operate them SUGAR SPICE By Bill Smiley A New Years Eve party Hope you got through the holiday season as well as we did All you flu victims have my sympathy I tottered aljotit for ten days a tot here and a tot there not quite desperately 1 1 to slay in bed ami there fore getting little sympathy Kim spent the festive season goinn to bed am and getting up at pm Mostly be cause of a new boy friend who is out on bail Thais right j hes out on bail My wife did her best to set fire to the house one Sunday nigh when I whs at church For years Ive been telling her to burn junk In the fireplace paper and wrapping and boxes and such She finally caught on So did the evergreens with which she annually decks the mantel when she threw into the fire a board box about two feet by four She stood there para lyzed watching the joint go up The only the crisis Upstairs she hurled it with I iln Im- i I and the hifi Hid the trick though Kim ml fires she had a New Years i which caused more turmoil than the Battle of the did in Ireland It wasnt that she de manded a big spread or hired orchestra or anything like that She had only one request thai we get out before the guests arrived and stay out until they were gone The normal response of a father to such a stipulation is to smack his hand on the table and roar OK No parents no party Which he did about eight by George or else There would be no See policing above Gate crashing Is a norm at a party in a small town where in the Icon world knows everybody el- and after all what do you say when arrives at the door with a big silly grin on his kids dont eat at parties Later Kim graciously allowed her mother to make about sandwiches It was agreed after a motion by me that went something like If you think Im to ilk the in a blizzard a New Years just because a stubborn brat like you doesnt want her parents around just because shes having a parly for a gang of degenerate teenagers then youve got another think coming young lady that Ihe party would end at Its a long story but she finally kicked us into ihe snow drifts pm It was loo early to go anywhere We dr the block a few times peering desperately town Finally by route known only to we arrived at a compromise of rts There would be no drinking Undesirables would be severely policed by Kim and two of her largest girl friends and two boys who would be personally on each We dropped in on sick friends to get warm or sick and guess who ran straight to the phone and called home The re sponse was chilly Yes Mother No Nobodys drunk Will van please slop bugging me theres Hie door I hi old huh called more limes from as many places espouses grew even chillier We arrived home al lam face the debacle a waste land of broken dishes and trampled grapes And sitting there with on bail friend listening l records was the Cheshire cat her self The house was clean as a funeral parlor Theyd been work ing like dogs for an hour No burns no dish- no scratches on tin- grand piano Nothing Including the ISO sand wiches about 12 pounds of fruit mid all the bit ill and nuts in I house Having lived in the North west Territories 1 thought was used to snow Then 1 moved to Newmarket No I wont claim this town gets as much snow as the It just seems that way because of the inefficient methods of snow removal used here Snow removal in north ern communities is token as a mat ter of course Here town officials seem determined to save every flake for the spring thaw last week Newmarket I assume has a similar celebration planned for the tons of snow which will have gathered here by May THIS WEEK AND NEXT by Walt E McDayter One of the main stock piles appears to be the Newmarket There were merchants there last fall But Im not sure what has happened since the first snow fall either they went south or theyre buried in there somewhere I can sec next springs ceremony The mayor council the press and residents will assemble in the Plaza for the grand dissolv ing ceremony St with out brandy kegs because Newmar- turned down cocktail loung es will be sent in to search for any shop keepers still alive under the snow The winters snow will be melted zap and hundreds A 410yearold habit A linbll American Cancer Society bus tlio to break Still several determined government ami private organiza tions have declared the year lor outright war against smoking anil theyre selling their sights on freeing as many puffers as pos sible from the tyranny of tobacco li in lean the French ambas sador Portugal presented Hie Queen of France with a of seeds II was a rare gift indeed from America Indians used he explained to grow a plant used fin swallowing smoke lis dried leaves were burned and Hit smoke inhaled through two pipes la the nostrils The court was fas- I Ihas look root la Europe Some years later Sir Waller Introduced lobncc to the court of Queen The gallant shining light of cum 1 nil bis flame of power was extinguish ed in England by King James I when Elizabeth died James be- headed Italoigb for and hoped to end the I I ing by willing a hook A Counter lo Tobacco French seniors ruining New World found Indian growing lobaccii on the shores of the SI Lawrence he out done seniors took lo growing their own despite every effort by Hie French lo dis courage in measures hopeless and with Tobacco I Iuili lunula I sniffed hi mil know- lew wont coughing at lluil nans been Is known I died of lung till of lillR hi for cent of all lung deaths Our Canadian mates Hint smoking reduces life expectance by as much as eight and Canadian Min ister John guesses that every cigarette puffed into a smok ers lung knocks minutes thai smokers life Main an I was by figures released Federal Health Department revealing Hie till anil nicotine lenl of bis favorite brand Health announced in lure antismoking measures include hi ing of all lax bikes lo disclliige buying mill maximum levels on a Juvenile and Family court Judge called tor in inn i nl 111 in was far more deadly marl Is il all doing ally good II charted a downward Irelld in board Hie band- Hull II win a slu was Health Minister and John Monro followed her ex ample Finance Minister lie i ila ill Ho idilgi Crier By BILL GAMBLE Some time last October posi tion of York County Welfare Officer came up for After Hie merits and fall- of even applicants hail been sifted If Hilton Has given the nod Officer two and a half Cynical observers with knitted brows are now if appointment was politics if he really was act qualified of applicants Concern over these two questions effused during last weeks Town Council meeting when Drew officiating or experience and yet county council overruled the findings of their own com to hire lids man our implicit faith In public opinion then would appear be an job In all my However the question is whether applicants with university degrees post and if soTvhy The duties of Ihe York County Welfare Officer arc to administer welfare throughout the county job Involves various states of mental depression Sure ly then a degree In either sociology or psychology would be prerequisite York County Warden Garfield Wright says that those hired to assist do not have degrees the advertisement specific ally called for appli cants with degrees Incensed by the suggestion that anyone would doubt the integrity of county council Warden Wright called whole thing ridiculous He said The selection of Mac- was unanimous and added be knew of no applicant with a degree Deputy lUive Salisbury on interviewed the applicants states that bis wis asked to sit in at the Interview He said that three cm- Ontario Depart wonder why procedun in tin- Ontario Civil I of pull THE ERA Serving Yoik County Since Incorporating THE POST ffiiguw THE HERALD Published every Wednesday at Charles St Newmarket Ontario by the Newmarket Era Express Company Limited Subscriptio Oil I And pussyfooting per month Mem ber Canadian Weekly Newspapers Asioiatioo and the 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