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THE ERA WED APRIL IB VOL 119 NO IB Editorials Sensible words Newmarket Planning Board member Ernie Sokol came up with some strong and sensible words at last weeks meeting between the board and council What in effect he said was Lets tell the developers where we want their development not lot them tell us where they want it He urged an immediate freeze of all land development within Newmarkets limits until a new and uptodate official plan has been drafted Mr Sokol a building contractor himself said that under the present system developers might get away without paying their fail- share of municipal services As an example he said older residents of the town might end up subsidizing new subdivisions after they are built because the town might find it has to spend money to improve services the older residents have already paid for once Mr words make sense For why should a homeowner pay higher taxes to pay for a larger sewer because there is a new subdivision up the street Why should an established homeowner have money tacked onto his tax bill because a new up the street means the road in front of his house will have to be resurfaced because of the extra traffic A homeowner should lie entitled to the same standard of munici pal services once be has paid for them and not be subjected to a tax increase just because some developer up the street wants to make a fast buck The problem can be solved by the adoption and strict adherence to a new official plan The present one is almost years old being constantly amended An official plan would bo greeted with delight by homeowners developers and real estate firms alike least they would know where they stand Council should give the planning board immediate approval and funds to go ahead with the drafting of an official plan SUGAR SPICE By Bill Smiley Readers Dear Editor If Rene the Parti and separatists suc ceed it may mean the end of French culture in North America English Canada should cooperate if Quebec leaves In every national crisis since 1867 the Red River rebellion the Northwest lebelhon 18S3 World I the de pression when constitutional prob lems disrupted effective action and World Wai the pi of Quebec in Confederation was a source of weakness not strength If Quebec separates Canada should say and there should be no mm of occupation east of the Ottawa Anglophone Canada al- becoming daih more American ized will then inevitably join the USA Quebec will be a French is land of in an Anglo Saxon sea of Stale supported French TV radio literature Imp of outside Quebec together with the Francophone com munities beyond the province will probably shortly die Quebec as onethird of a nation of 20000000 has a veto over Ottawa which can not effectively act against the wishes of an overwhelm ing majority in Quebec viz ip- lion in two world wars With sep aratism this leverage will end The isolated French island of Quebec to overwhelming English IV radio commerce and press will soon wither and die One of the motives for hub independence in was the preservation of Gaelic culture The and in the extreme west of Ireland From across the Irish sea English TV radio press and business are sub merging Gaelic culture In one St Patricks Day parade in Dublin a sign was carried If you are Irish speak Irish It was written in Eng lish so people could understand it 1 hope Quebec slays in Canada and preserves French culture the We can only be interest ed observers JOHN Mount Albert Dear Editor The reputation of the and estate turn involved in the Place development has hardly been enhanced by New- Around the county J homos in this he enchanted with he con- It is tainting that a new building certain standards is pcrmittoi 111 next stage The now completed received slid Town council have now reneged on this approval The builder of Wood- mount Place did not install the drain age and sewer system Ho would not have been permitted lo start the homes until the town building in- and gav al at this stage This obviously had been given or six homes would not now be completed and occupied Council approved a lccom- by its operation ml engineering consultant Michael Perkins that the subdivide- be lold no mure occupancy permits will be issued for the homes until the pump is installed This is blatant coercion against the builder The builder did not install the sewers He was allow ing Itr feet Thais their problem I did not build the homes allegedly made by Newmarkets mayor and referring cither to the builder or home owners is unfortunate It is his problem A great to do is being made about the two feel The basements of the Place homes dij 111 islrucled Newmarket home How- I am concerned thai council ami the employees associated with town building have no qualms in airing tliiii intoi mil I be dt on His subject should have been set tled long before now and nut public- You cant Theres nothing like a lit tle change at this time of year to pull you out of the doldrums Thats what my wife said when the school holidays were coming up And she was right Most of our friends were going somewhere Skiing Florida Jamaica Mexico South Carolina Family obligations and lack of cash vetoed anything like that hut she had a wonderful plan My brotherinlaw and family were going lo Florida live in the city Wed go to the city slay at their place Itll be just like home for you says she You can take exam papers nut mark them you wont have a care in the world well have some fun and it will be a nice change for you Our daughter was home for the weekend but was going back to the city to stay in the grubby hole her friends rent She wanted to take back her cat and kitten She was prevailed upon to wait until midweek when we were going down for the animals sake First mistake Word got around among her friends Second mistake To cut it short we left for the city with two cats four teenagers two big boxes of grub for Kim enough clothes to go to Europe and me in a surly mood Arrived at Kims and carried up the food only to dis- that three teenyboppers had Took her back with us tn brotherinlaws house a handsome place indeed Picked up the key from is arranged Tinned key in lock It Played with lock Stomped on key with heel to straight en it out Couldnt Finally door swung open Great relief Fumbled for lights all lo cated in wrong place Phew This place stinks said Kim She was right Dopey sisterinlaw had not turned refrigerator off properly win em all Solid hour of mopping up scrubbing out fridge All hope of ham burger gone out in garbage rotten Eventually 1 made a mess of crumbl ed buns in a large tin of spaghetti sauce It tasted like spaghetti sauce which is pretty strong without spag hetti Steam heat An hour later it Turned heat way down Nothing hap pened Steam Tried washing dishes No Next day same thing Hot water came on for no reason but wife and daughter bickered most of day also for no reason Had com pany Sent out for food Stayed up By BILL GAMBLE More phone who will be wildly ecstatic over the news thai Newmarket is now in the telephone exchange group but I personalty cant raise much enthusiasm for it particularly since it will goose up my telephone or course you ill Hit Keeps let hills Glnnl sie traumas mm suit Ibis Hid ill Hie idiot who sticks bis finger hole llun Hit the value of phones ken Mr Allan I Lie 1 li the possibility that tin phones we have the poor of lele- ishiug I feel Hull he when you phone ver had one of usually telephone with the By DAVE HASKELL Well 1 guess spring is finally here The first mosquito of the season was swatted last Saturday morning at Mosquito Manor was lying in bed planning my busy day when 1 heard a sound that simply could not believe But sure enough that irritating whining buzz turned out to be exactly what it sounded like a mosquito Immediately alert I leaped from my bed and squashed him on the window sill Ihu- ending the pos- only explanation I can give for his April arrival is that his mother gave birth prematurely Prior lo my Great White Hunter caper I spent the earlier part of the week travelling to and fro across the province On Tuesday afternoon I the Squire of lingarttown Anthony Drew Newmarkets big gest fusspot Gordon Hunt and Cecil route to sec the opening Expo ball We rode down in what Im told is the Par Car To me it looked more like the interior of Annies Lunch The difference that Annies food is much better and the bever ages in Bar Car are better than what Annie serves After the game a rather dull one at that we came back on the Big Iron Bird This was the idea of Mr Hunt who despite all his twittering about and mother sometimes comes up with a good idea What surprised me most about Ihe Expo game the fan tastic fan support from the French Canadians of Quebec We sat on the first base side a good drag bunt from the right field fence and 1 hardly heard a word of English spoken all afternoon There were fans from in etc walking through the stands exhorting the Expos on to greater With fans like that we are Our hail an interetini the when he hi pay up to the bank to have it deposited in tellers wick when be noticed down Three am and no i telephone Shes not so dumb and greed Third day worse much ma rain and snow outside 1 in search and raw nerves inside w fa was right from the start 11 was list like the hi home And my exam panel were still in the suitcase Finally took hull by horn and went out on own packed with solid mob barely traffic Had beautiful dinner crowded joint after standing in for halfhour Hamburg for me col fee for the girls who werent from feminine perversity las at 1210 a pn dont say anything Furthermore may lake mare lime get since she will he directories will mil therefore will require ire time through of a and crossing not Mr Allan he in duced In consider Hie possibility thai more telephones should mean lower rates The Hydro people do wanders with this principle While we are on Hie tele phone kick lets just analyze some we are subjected to day in and day nut by way of the squawk box Take for example further on an interest- Hoard of lull lib pi in mi Unci Hi lleiehls School students were having telephoned a I call to he school on March It goes an lo slate thai no would he laid in the case mil gel this belli the ml the York County Hoard of iliou are of Ihe thai II well he in public interest Hani Next day tank Kim down to her house with cats All food wed brought for tier was eaten Hack lo house Wife slav ing to clean up I said Im going home Period for once no argu ment Home through blizzard Slopp ed by cop Hut ah that home sweet home No cats no kid Theres nothing like a alio dials you identify yourself cot the wrong telephoning a hiinili own theyll I about wl il n number Its not the number thats do if it isnt a scare Ihe real wrong all its he who is wrong thing and you arc left there biting your Come to think It fingernails and wondering just who were those students not it id Minimis exempt horn char to yours and whether or not ges when the Code been he ever made a mistake and charg ed a few of his long distance calls Sorry the rest or you students if the generation gap has been wid 11 takes hours going thro ened it bit dont blame me blame ugh directory checking numbers he nut Hie Itell those two your own and lnlii ill 1 tun -I- in sorting out your old telephone hills no matter what it Several minutes Inl two customers had been served our George picked in the tae I it to the teller Thats where that deposit got to said the teller Well 1 dont know just dont know THE ERA Seiving York County Since 1852 Incorporating THE POST cue THE HERALD R HASKELL Publisher WILLIAM J Associate Publisher TERRY CARTER Managing Editor GEORGE News Editor Published every Wednesday at Charles St Newmarket Ontario by Inland Publishing Co Limited Sub 9 for two years for one year Single copies 15c each or by carrier per mouth Member Canadian Weekly Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation See Class Mail number 1908 Phone Aurora