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THE ERA Serving York Count Since DAVID R HASKELL CARTER JOHN Annexation of airport will need careful study The suggestion thai Metros new interna tional airport might be part of the Region of York holds some intriguing possibilities This suggestion is by no means farfetched and makes a great deal of sense But as York Planning Commissioner Mur ray Pound points out a great deal of study and soul searching must be made before the sug gestion becomes a fact The airport and the some people ultimately to live in the community of Cedar- wood could become part of York Region with a stroke of the pen simply extend Yorks eastern boundary straight south to Stecles Ave To do this would be simple and It would also be stupid without considering a number would have something it does not have now a big industrial tax base would also mean a source of employment for ninny of Yorks bread winners within region Now most York residents work outside the region but pay real estate taxes within he region The annexation of this new development would give York Region a huge tax base as well as double the existing population The in creased revenue could be used to construct such services as roads sewers and water mains much Perhaps more important tltc increased size and population would give York Region and its residents more political clout at Queens Park There would be high government adminis trative costs and the possibility of the tail In the south wagging the dog in the north And what of the immense social problems might that would ultimately evolve with an urban community of lumped in with the pre sent ruralurban population of a little more than 116000 Industry and people bring pollution and traffic chaos as well as social problems Is it therefore worth it to go after some thing that the present residents of York On the surface the inclusion of the airport and in York Region makes good economic sense Bijt first lets study it and make sure were sure before its done Georgina needs help with its next park Township council last week step ped in whore the provincial government angels have so far feared to tread and pulled It off closed a deal to buy It is time the Ontario government estab lished a means to back up Its recom mendations for Georgina as park and pay for the purchase and develop menl by selling of the other acres It was the Ontario governments Toronto Centred Region Plan which two years ago de signated as future park and area but to date Queens Park has offer ed the township no aid in acquiring parkland to make the designation a reality last week took the initiative and if the scheme works the park will cost town ship residents very little from their tax coffers but the township cannot hope to he so lucky government should move now to ensure next time a potential park site becomes park land and recreational facilities to available handle these extra people and a new city of in the will during the next decade increasingly heavy burden on imcoe recreation facilities THE Readers ERA The band under iho utile leadership of Mr Brooks a something Municipal councils should have threeyear terms councillors when the government considers i forms to election procedures in the province These procedural reforms were promised in last weeks speech from the throne but the Municipal governments and particularly regional administrations arc big business and big business needs a higher degree of continu ity at the policy level than is likely with elec tions being held every two years Todays councillors besides facing the many and with negotiations with developers and their highpriced experts for establishment of industrial parks apartments and A goad council needs more than two years of working together to learn the ropes set Us goals and then hope to begin to see them rea lized The realities of todays politics seem to dictate that major projects will lake more than two years to he realized be approved by over provincial authorities alone and has taken nearly reach the stage where a builder can ho hired Another is Newmarket muchneeded new much municipal building The incumbent council dug in providing Into the job shortly after election but centres lions with developers hud owners budget an desirable and the Ontario Municipal Hoard have meant that although plans are on paper the building wont be started for at least of large corporations million NEWSROOM NOTES Im just a country boy at heart don column should be entitled How I came to work in Newmarket and learned to Jove the country Because that expresses the tad been in Toronto Now my lii ways as never before is something else I is tilled in lux rewarding One such delightful experience was an afternoon I spent in December talking with Frank who was on the verge of his birthday He told about the early days in i such a straight forward way that I made me feel very much at homo Von see working on a large paper would give me the time to meet and talk with poopli in the way that is possible now One of my favorite activities he visiting people go off silling and ami ami such like year working at The Era and six months living in Sutton I would never move hack to Toronto Surprising enough I I could enjoy the outright boredom of a big city me explain that while the city is an exciting place it is also a very lonely one Before moved up to Sutton I never realized how lonely Baldwin really enjoyed Recently I have had occasion lo delve into offerings of a Baldwin columnist nicknamed The Owl That was an experience that resulted in a Newsroom Notes that I found a joy to write In just about all my dealings with people in this area I have found warmth and friend- opportunities to do just BILL GAMBLE Stamp machine complaint drew heaviest mail this area I have Dial In fact I Why watch television when you can learn about real people In all the advances man lias made in this material world he has lost the ability to enjoy the simple things in life such as visiting other people to talk Most people prefer to stay glued to their television or insist on some kind of going out to a warm evening at home But mans problem is that he cannot or lake time lo relate meaningfully to thrust upon i will be the dav the inflamed by Womens Lib dull and rotten kids walk out the At muting more money better working fringe benefits ill be due to strikes look tike tulillev it will be a day that might signal the as we know it I I oilier human This I the end of this realize what the pocketbook But thats nil common knowledge and side the point One of these fine the mo force in the country is going days husbands would chortle Shell soon around She knows when she has a good And kids would roar with laughter Is old lady on this strike kick too Its a But slit wont last She needs us After a week the comments would hell i with It is phoned columns in which I machine at the dry at weekends Apparently lined about the stamp of post Office being lady whose complaint I was airing at the time only one who I get stamps on a Sunday Anyway a letter 1 received from Bill mers Variety Post Office on Davis Drive seems to offer an admirable solution to the problem Bill writes After our subpost office has closed the in the store keeps a supply of stamps on hand for the convenience persons until pn books of stamps on hand for the of customers They wouldnt make a profit on them but they would gain in the long run A gentleman in Sharon who obviously sign his letter column of last week rice diet maintained blood pressure normal ie 100 plus age you were right wife eats rice like a squirrel eats mils and 25 years ago Mrs Butler had this of finding the woman who WILL roll of toothpaste from the bottom up not only do I roll the tube but J firmly depress the con tainer from the bottom with the of the tooth brush prior to the rolling process Fur ther as my other half is the guilty party who Squeezes the tube from any angle but never from the bottom I stick a gummed label on a new lube before placing in the bathroom on which I have written Please squeeze me from the bottom It doesnt always work but it sure I therefore estimate that when the caviar arrives on the home market yours truly will get her worth leaving 129 Would you believe her blood It is still 129 today While on the subject of letters from read ers Id like to quote the next one in its entirety weaker male with the Im afraid Mr that our side down pretty badly The most confusing bit of far behind still squirming letting lo reach last week came from President Nixon following his recent trip to China of the world My trip brought two A Belles York N Ion i Huron Shis on firii Toronto oiler fin- a jab in loan i mucosa in j iirc- on or mil loilo- enjoys skBIWS iiiii mites nor i her Anils Robert White her the best of my life And kids Look if she doesnt come back shes in for trouble 1 havent had decent meal or a clean pair of socks for days And Dad is getting nasty Wants me to do the dishes ami like that In two weeks the innocent bystanders would be on their knees And the garbage Mould he up to their knees Husbands Listen kid You go out and tell your mother that Ill give her eight no ten dollars a month to blow on herself Skys the limit Kids listen Dad this is all your We need thai woman even if she is only our mother All our buttons are off and the sinks full of dishes and the dishes are full of In a month the hospitals and the mental institutions would be overflowing The take- home chicken joints and the delicatessens wo uld be booming but the supermarkets would heading for bankruptcy Family axemurders would be so common they wouldnt even rat two inches on Page 38 Theres only one thing that will prevent this catastrophe As we all know housewives are extreme individualists They cant even agree on the texture of toilet paper How could I they agree on such delicate matters as fringe benefits Some would want forty cents to sew on a button others would settle for a quarter And if they did form a union it would take them twelve years to draw up the and everyone would want to be president So relax you neglected husbands and de manding kids Were probably sate But give the whole idea a long deep thought