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I The Aaron Keswlekt THE ERA IT Audit DAVID HASKELL TERRY CARTER BARRY WALLACE Every bicycle Licence bicycle riders Ontario should be or fail to out what knowledge they do We feel such a requirement would provide have time to practice riders with an awareness that they too nave a Every bikerider should first be required to We would recommend a licence fee of The responsibility and to themselves Up- pass a strict test set by the Ministry of Tran- permit could be obtainable through the local records would assist in other areas too Scenting agency or at the Municipal Office Lets get something started now and have the York Regional Police There should be no charge for the test program In readiness by fall The Council here should authorize that such a program be implemented The need is obvious MrM Bicycle riding has become very popular CaXMMXa Take a drive rt the new WiUow Beach develop to pSchSonndoutifrulesoftheroad If you can find a of vacant beach large Pay the price of many are too success of this line new area which was The danger in present is tot iaSSWVSISKi from Sihbald Point Provincial Park on that Worse still Ibey lack sufficient knowledge of over to the public again the deterioration Already people efekeSimcoe shoreline away Joe Dales drama politics fish are his loves You may have seen him as the philanderer next door in the play Tunnel of Love perhaps you caught his performances in Harvey Blithe Spirit or his villanous deeds in Dirty Work at the Crossroads No Well you could hardly have missed his real life roles as Newmarket Reeve of North Gwillimbury Warden of York County and currently Mayor of Georgina JOE DALES kindergarten Joe had just rushed back to his office from a busy morning in court last week and had obligingly fitted an Era interview in between appointments but he paused to grin over the memory I guess I was a Utile too rebellious he recalled being a nonconformist even then at five years old Joe was born En Aurora second of six children two sisters and three brothers of a famous local surgeon physician and ob stetrician Dr Lowell Dales acknowledged founder of York County Hospital Soon afterwards the family moved to Newmarket and as Joe Dales noted Im the only one whos remained His brothers and sisters are scattered all over Canada Following his brief stay at King George Public School Joe attended the first classes ever held at Stuart Scott Public School and later Alexander school Joe graduated from High school in Newmarket in 1936 then attended Victoria College University of Toronto graduating in 1941 A year at law school Osgoode Hall was followed by a stint in the army on a construction project in British Columbia In it was back to Osgoode Hall where he graduated two years later along with classmate and former Ontario Premier John In Mayor Dates totd The Era I put up my shingle in Newmarket A scanty year later he entered the political arena and served six years on Newmarket Council And in as a provincial Liberal candidate he ran a close second to dear old Hex Mackenzie with votes Last week he recalled his support putting it down mainly to bis opposition to a land grab bill by Metro Wed lost about 13 municipalities down below After two years as Reeve of Newmarket Joe retired from politics and in 1956 moved to Keswick It wasnt long til he was back however 1960 and this time he went right for Reeve a position he held in North for eight years Joe was defeated in the election but came back once more triumphantly as Mayor of the United Municipalities of Georgina North Gwillimbury and Sutton where he is currently serving a twoyear term Though Mayor Dales dutifully ran through all the business statistics during our Era in terview it wasnt hard to spot his first love his stage career has been considerable and one associate on county once described him to this reporter as our local Gable only Last week Joe grew noticeably enthusiastic as be described his organization of the Lake Simcoe Little Theatre and their benefit per formances of such favorites as Harvery Blithe Spirit and Tunnel of Love The latter performed at Pickering College went rather well they tell us Of course we had our own drama group here in Newmarket continued director Dales who explained I borrowed plays which had done well before in Newmarket which I knew would be a good box We used to call ourselves The Newmarket Dramatic Club and boy were We dramatic It was finally pointed out to us it was drama we were trying to sell With obvious relish Mr Dales went on to recall some of the Brown he pointed out Could ham up a scene faster than any of our local acting talent a product of the Old Vic would find it hard to upstage Vera Brown He recalled another evening when local actor got an unintended armful of Don Cum knocked unconscious by an empty bottle unexpectedly pitched to portray he fell upon evil ways Hell remember that with glee Joe Dales assured The Era He went on to recall another one of the pioneers Dorothy bowman whose first love was theatre her second her husband Her ploy explained Dales was to use lots of children She wrote plays of doubtful character but the idea was the children would bring out parents so the play was bound to be a box office success Saturday night was stunt night he con tinued when we played little innocent practical jokes One particular evening produced a power in Dots drink causing a slight change in her line from My God Im poisioned to My God I Am poisoned Its a few years now since Joe Dales has been on stage but last week he confessed I might yield to the lure of the greasepaint once more if I were coaxed with suitable flattery Joes number one outdoor hobby is fishing and yearly his associates on Regional Council join him at this pleasure for the annual fishing derby hosted by Georgina Its well attended he told The Era We get a fair catch and we use it to emphasize the great natural resources of Lake Simcoe and to our summer and winter recreation and industry He also pointed out that its an excellent opportunity for elected colleagues on Regional Council lo meet on a social basis for an exchange of ideas on municipal matters This last though rought the Georgina mayor back to the subject of his number one project for his area the acquisition of 600 acres of prime lands upon which the Saint Gerards novitiate located in the Willow Beach area midway between Georgina and Keswick The purpose is twofold explained Mayor Dales to centralize the administrative function of the municipality under one roof for greater efficiency and to accommodate the residents of the community which is more densely populated in the Keswick Sutton areas Secondly he continued with an eye to the future to develop in easy stages a recreation complex while lands for this purpose are still available within the reach of our financial resources Fair grounds and a swimming pool with theruputic aspects are two of Mayor Dales concepts for the future Back to his love for fishing and particularly pursuit of whitefish in Lake Siimcoe- Mayor Dales has a solution designed to take care of smelt nuisance He would like to see the in troduction of salmon to the waters Id like tocall it Township he quipped It would be great for American trade You cant catch lake trout when there are easy smelt for them he complained going on to describe the salmon as 24hour ex terminators What harm would there be in putting or 100 in there He quoted a former minister of Natural Resources as stating right in the legislature that it was a splendid idea But now he said the experts are very defensive about it fearing the introduction of salmon might upset the balance or nature Joe Dales lake trout It could be the shot in the industry needs winter and summer he said Weve got to do something to increase the whitefish and thats putting the smelt population in balance And where he pondered is smelt study undertaken but not yet produced law handles real estate conveyances over years getting into estate work and also does some work on matrimonial causes He has one son now 19 and working In Toronto We call him Hie explained Mayor Dales but his full name Is Patrick Montgomery to show my fine for religious intolerance Stretching like a long grey ribbon across second concession mikes lit way towards the hills and valleys of East he Cook Bay PHOTO BY JOHN COLE This space is reserved for the comments opinions and drawings of The Eras read ers Please feel free to send yours along All we ask is that you include your name and address Reader cant respect police I would like to thank Mr Peter Gorman for standing before the York taught me only these respect for the police and a feeling that they must be helped in every possible way in the course of their duties f am afraid I do not feel that way and become annoyed and abusive when they cannot find anything we have town a police uniform is no guarantee of either impartiality or politene- i Commission and saying discourteous treatment powers that the ordinary play what I have felt for When I came to this area four years ago my upbringing and way of citizen does not have and they should not abuse those powers Respect has to be earned it cannot be legislated courtesy costs nothing In stores and movie house but I feel a captain is usually the inspiration for SHIRLEY L1MBERT Only illegal if you are caught With the Watergate thing and the other stuff going on in The it seems that the head guy in a bit of trouble It seems that because of a few indiscrete things trust their fearless leader any more The things are hardly worth mentioning Like wirelapping breaking and entering invasion of privacy lying cheating etc 1 don Ihiiik the American people care so much that those things it would bring back the r fishing told After all philosophy down in US is quite simply It isnt illegal unless you gel caught beloved Pros iinolhei Lhnnce If they did give him dues 1 imagine things Pros Richard Nixon Nixon 1 refuse that on the grounds thai I might tend to incriminate myself Chairman Okay Thats fair Well move on to other things Have you at any time in your career had anything to do with truth in it Chairman Also We papers pertinent of ourselves Most likely before he gels another chance hes going have appear before the Watergate Chairman Had you that term In the Nixon Once when we hud party on While House lawn the Democrats let out a of Chairman Gee that whs protty mean of them kmtnliMi Ihe IKiiiocrals for sine Now What about the coverup suggesting ores wrong th years budget Chairman The thing of this hearing Nixon I dont want to talk about It 1 want to go home Im the President of the United Stales of America If want to go home Ill go home chance Tricky Dicky knowledge that bugs iiunky 1 bet hed iu11 throw in a couple of III Viui In or three Cud Americas for good about the tapes In question And f Whats them Wed like t Washington who cut down the cherry tree It was a kid next door So there How do you like those apples made at last years the turned out good We United State of A forget Mr Choir fair Here 9 the Newmarket spaceship story that almost never was Ross Greets 1 think its time whole town learned about the spaceship which landed here just a few short months ago I know I swore secrecy along with the rest of The Era staff but my duty to my readers I now realize must come before any duties to The Era Besides who wants another Watergate Yes its true Just a few short months ago a spaceship put down in Fairy Lake Not right in the lake but darn close to it The Era photographer has snaps of the craft and an entire or the front page was in process when the publisher called us all into his office He pointed out and we had to agree that no one would believe us What the publisher said would happen if this thing up and flies away before Wed We all agreed that we would have egg all over our aces Out the window went a terrific story which began A large spaceship has landed to Fairy Lake The craft which does not to be of this earth continually hums In tones and flashes of light from its in- ranch a brilbant hue at we cant we said in unison Just ignore it what if the shudder other papers pick it up After a great deal of discussion it was decided to slip the story into paper in a kind of off hand manner That way wed have something on it if it was still around on Wed nesday Everyone was instructed to go back to his or her section and write something up to slip the spaceship story into the paper On Tuesday just before press lime we all met and handed in our copy The Editor had written an editorial what else did you expect and we read it first NOT HERE PLEASE was the heading and rest of it went like this This newspaper has always been in favor of progress We realize that recreation facilities must keep pace with the growth of an amusement park in one of our moat tranquil peaceful I areas In a travesty No one was too keen on that idea but one of the guys had written a letter which he suggested we drop into the letters lotheedltor section This is how It began Dear Sir This time the town has gone too far I didnt mind the funny looking pavilion put up but the public washroom recently installed in Fairy is ridiculous Tho ar chitect forgo to put a door on ft for one thing And thats not funny None of us was excited about that Idea and they next asked for my interpretation of spaceship story Dear Maw I wrote loving son has jest about the weerdest dang story you ever Not another letter shouted the group in unison and my column went out window along with the editorial and letter editor We werent getting anywhere and we had to get the spaceship story Into the paper Well the sports editor submitted his copy for the group Heres how be saw The appearance of a spaceship over the ballpark last week didnt surprise anyone who was watching the local nine drub Mimico Mice The spaceship looking like a superlarge curling stone hovered over left field just n pitcher Lefty jock whiffed his loth batter You could say Lefty was out of this world Lefty was so astronomical that visiting coach Riff McGurn was heard to comment when he saw the ship Theres your wife coming to pick you up Lefty Some agreed Ihe sports story had its merits but it was decided to see the other copy first Social columnist Mary submitted this Pete and Repeat the Fairy Lake Swans had the surprise of their young lives last week when some distant flying cousins decided to visit them in their retreat It la not known how long their unfeathercd relatives will be staying No one said anything but it was patently obvious that Marys story was going to join mine outside window It was now up to the ad vertising people to gave the day Thoaeclever advertising people had not been sleeping They had run a pile of ideas up the flagpole to see how they fluttered Heres just a sample They suggested that the downtown mer chants claim the spaceship and utilise It for to get the feeling of merchants A short white later they returned downcast It seems the merchants would go for It only they were allowed to put parking meters around the spaceship wanted to go out on a limb and enrage the so that idea was dropped What about the plaza merchants someone asked Too late said ad people Uncle Bobys up there this week All eyes turned to the classified section Real Estate for sale they showed us Ultramodern lakefront homeContemporary mobile home strong alternating done light all electric nuclear Presently located on rolling green acres near water Close to schools or will move by itself They also had this gem for the personal column Would the person who left the large glowing spaceship at the Fairy Lake Day Camp please return and take same Well all the ideas were In But before we J could make our decision it was made for ua Vandals destroyed the spaceship that night