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THE BRA WED APRIL 1970 VOL NO 16 Editorials To each his own It is becoming Increasingly obvious the degree of responsibility between the York County Hoard of Education nnd most of the munici palities In the county is getting no better fast The municipalities are screaming that they have no say in school costs and arc simply tax collectors for the school board a beef they have had for years The board on the other hand says the municipalities invite industry and thus residents to their communities without considering how the children from these homes will be educated and in what buildings Both have a point and both have been trying to clarify their job at meetings throughout the county but with little success Surely the powers that be at Queens Park do not have to wait until there is open warfare to make some type of legislation which will allow both parties and the public to clearly define the responsibility for brickbats or bouquets in either area One possible solution would be for each group to assess and collect its own taxes and define in laymans terms where the money was going the present system has too many huts and exceptions in its makeup and is overburdened with administrative jargon Slapping each other on the wrist and crying insult is useless a sharp pair of scissors on many budgetary items would appease the ratepayers and make them a little less antagonistic But each collecting its own taxes is the answer Safety first Well done Aurora Safely Council The announcement that this organization has won first prize in a Canadawide contest for its educational program for pieschool child safety is a welcome one For it may spur other area municipalities to place more emphasis on teaching children safe ways to play in water on their tricycles and in the proper use of playground facilities The cheque the worthy group received will undoubtedly go toward furthering other safety projects 12 Gs to learn to whistle Can you whistle a Bach prelude and fugue without a mem ory slip Can you hum a sonata without sliding into falsetto or basso prof undo nt Rut I about 12000 Trouble is and this is a touchy point in April none of it is deductible Thats what it has cost me over the years to provide a musical education for my family After all that can whistle and hum both of which I could do before Theres something wrong here hut I cant quite figure out what it is wish I hail the in bonds at eight per cent Rut my wife doesnt agree We could have taken a trip around the world for that but she still doesnt agree As far as Im concerned I could have taken that thrown it off the end of the dock and been just as far ahead Once again the only one who agrees with me is I Roth my kids have degrees in piano Roth were talented near but not quite at the concert pianist level Roth eschewed I like that word a career in music because they wanted to be first And they wanted to be free Well theyre free Hugh broke hi middle and can play I Went Down To St James Infirmary with only a few bum notes think Kim could play The Happy Farmer with a couple of days practice Rut perhaps its all been worth it They have learned some thing Hugh has realized that you cant practise the piano when you are waiting table at the Chateau or selling vacuum clean ers Calgary And Kim has rea lized that her piano wont quite fit into threeroom pad in Toronto unless you want to sleep on top of it fact that my wife a former piano teacher has become hooked once again after a lapse of a couple of years on the local music festival Shes going every day and listening intensely to her former students Though shes a bit miffed that some of them are doing extremely well despite the fact that they dont lake lessons from her any more Rut her reports have cheer ed me Things are just the same as they always were I went through years of them and I know the scene intimately The festival mothers are still as friendly as an bishop and a Mormon lay preacher The adjudicator is still rot ten giving the firstplace certificate to the girl who played worst Except when its your daughter or your pupil Then he or she shows an insight into music that is superb The kids are still sailing into their pieces at breakneck speed which they cant possibly maintain and breaking down in the middle while their mothers and teachers turn purple as the youngsters fum ble and throw up their hands and burst into tears Rut perhaps tlie Old Lady is right Those moments at the mus ic festival in other years were the closest to heaven and hell that Ive over experienced with the possible exception of shooting at a conceit- of German tanks which were back at you with bigger guns tin had Ive stopped breathing for as much as a dangerously long two minutes while my son or daughter weaved through a sonatina have gone out afterwards and smoked a complete cigarette in two drags I have called the adjudica tor a slob a cretin moron and sometimes a brilliant judge of the Old Ratlleaxe is right Maybe it was worth Anyway I can whistle three bars of Tschaichovskys something or other Editor Congratulations lo Mr his rcasscssineni of develop in the town I am iu total ment the idea that dovelopem should be required lo pay for all ser vices their development and I hope that Mi ill me when I say that this should also include the cost of I lie schools requir ed to serve the development The York County Hoard in the interest of present county taxpay er has presented a brief Park seeking legislation nit Hoards of 1 ducal ion vi dwelling unit fees developers lo help pay for now schools We are looking for support for the brief from all munlcl- Mr we dont gel the fee we cant afford the development Unfortunately Hoards of Education The on this do not sign and therefore cannot sinus from developer- the s Municipal Councils is why wo require the legislation In the meantime the Hoard relies on the cooperation of boards and councils lo secure school lands at as low a cost as possible in the interest of taxpayers Incidentally it may bo of interest to the councillors planning high rise to know hat school facilities will increase the edu cational levy on the town and due to oiu provincial equalization factor this increase would be greater than if the development had been in another municipality in the county While you are thinking about it councillors how about appealing those equalization factors Wood- bridge and Vaughan arc way ahead of you JACK Trustee York County Hoard of duration Your recent Hem April cony Km regarding the proposed mil of lv J home on Park Ave brought mind an event which near out home The Hud II V SI north Aurora year due to a barn covered mi properly which was originally thai of Until and was known i This house Is also on old Vonge St The stone reads Margaret Wife of Mark Davis died August 21 Native of Kcii- Kings Ireland and is in excellent condition of research ystery that I have done so far reveals that Mark Davis is listed in the Patrons Direc tory Historical Atlas York County as having a residence in Aurora ami a business not known in Newmar ket Could there he a connection here lo the well known and distin guished Davis family of Newmarket Perhaps someone wellversed in the fascinating history of New market will read this letter and have the answer lo the problem The in knowing the is welcomed by them DOROTHY CI ARK The lied House Studio Dear Editor On behalf of the Managers Coaches and players of the Orillia Ys Mens House League the under signed would like to take this oppor tunity to thank all people in New market who have one or more of our players during the re cent Hockey Tournament Your thought fulness and care of these youngsters wins excellent and greatly appreciated by all parents and the Management of our House League MARTIN Chairman Mens Hockey League Orillia Ontario ohm Crier By BILL GAMBLE If youre a bore At a party I attended recently some fool came out with the state ment thai all society abhors Ihc bore and thai to be a real partyenlivcner a veritable darling of the martini- swigging set a guests type of guest it is far more impressionable to listen rather than talk After that nobody talked everyone listened And if you think listening lo nothing Tor four hours is fun go ahead and discourage he good old- repeated means and You Hut dont expect any help from me Im having no part of it On the contrary I intended to give a few useful hints right here to all the budding young bores lircty just Hie punch lines And hen only when someone else has stalled the thing for you It should lie pointed out here hat it is extremely had lo ever let another person finish relating an incident Rut il is equally had lie clumsy with your interception The most frequent ly used method for interrupting an others story is by means of the old standby phrase I remember when that i ing statu hut To begin with being a bore isnt easy Theres a lot of hard work involved The very first thing a poten tial bore has to concern himself is the development of a truly attitude Your skin should he case- hardened to he point where not even I lie slightest insult will he capable of penetration You see your main will he to entertain yourself rather than worry about your effect upon oilier people Next you should go out into the world and let all kinds of inter esting things happen to you In fact anything thai is likely to happen to anyone else should happen to you for the principle of whril Then and this job Mil hi Alfred mvseiv novels This may tough but else will he able reveal the endings to people who in he act of seeing or reading Ihet the 1 otherwise no one will guess youre an egotist a good nine- which to hum through ill joke honks will be he hospital yes Youll have to spend some I in order have Hie op he story of or any other story for Hint matter never ever come straight to the point Al ways away hack with something thai isnt remotely connected with and work your way to very slowly You see a bores rating is determined by the number of yawns he gels and Ihis long slow buildup is guaranteed lo boost your rating tremendously There is however one sour note to he here and thai is that for every successful bare there is an equally successful frequently on a theyll chin in Pardon me dear lull think youre wrong II was a Monday Im afraid there is very lit- He you can do about this problem You might think youd go a tot far ther in the bore profession if you lined single Itiil that is alto- ithci ties peal these jokes again heir You simply must be mar ried o he a really bore Otherwise how on earth could you keep producing snapshots of your children and grandchildren Around the county My DAVE HASKELL A drama unfolded at Mosquito Manor last Sunday which reaffirmed something I already knew hut for which I needed some reminding Before recount this drama little background is necessary Mosquito Manor is no misno mer There arc mosquitos which tile welts loft on visitors will testify In the last two years I have manag ed to bring them under control to the paint where some days during the spring They are being brought un der by draining the water out of puddles rnkiirg up the leaves and splaying My two friends to the wind side of nic Howie mill Leonard LafTiappollc have fancy little machines that llicy sit on while they pick op the leaves thy a fire which is being tended by their wives This life of leisure takes some of tlie fun out of life binn ing leaves A fellow know gets a tremendous jolly out of burning leav es burning anything Anyway Me I use the Armstrong Method two arms and a rake to remove the leaves iitiiig jolly when I noticed a twofoot long grass snake in the path the flam es The snake was about two feet from me quite close for a timid grass snake I flicked the rake at it it still wouldnt get out of the flames path It advanced right into the path of the flames and only retreat ed when it was an inch or so from them Thinking it might have been hurt through smoke inhalation I picked it up with the rake and set about thrt it within tin incite- of m ircd some looked down by the snakes I Willi i led tongue link as the flames came within The to be the flames ting icah to be them out with it I looked id saw one then little green heads Ami Mi of leaves i lllWli from pi fire 1 at Iter leniig 1 learned then that there is I than her en id that life I snake THE ERA Incorporating THE POST THE HERALD DAVID HASKELL Publisher WILLIAM J Associate Publisher TERRY CARTER Managing Editor WALDEN News Editor Published every Wednesday at 30 Charles St Newmarket Ontario Inland Publishing Co Limited Subscriptions for two years for one year Single copies each or by carrier 60c per mouth Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the Audit liiueau of Circulation Sec ond Class Mail registration number Phone Aurora