I p v 7s frr 7f rf a Pages from the Editor s Notebook A large number of Canad ian followed the radio of the Republican and Democratic convention up to all hour to hear old- guard and new guard north and fight out party is sue or to listen to the roll call of the states on the we think the moat part of the Then last week while Gover nor Burns speaking a newspaper caught lire behind Mm- was a tense moment or so it seemed to this radio listener We had the impres sion that all that was needed to set off a panic in the tense and crowded auditorium a hy sterical shout of fire Were told by a TV watcher however that the convention took the incident in course The presence of the television camera and tt roving micro phone had tempering effect Upon the delegates they were very conscious that a nation was watching their delibera tions What said and what they did being flashed across the nation there would be none of the usual opportun ity to amend or quality to dress up for public consump tion what was being done We think that is an admir able condition although rather difficult for the politicians But even the politicians were prepared to admit that the advantages were than off- set by the advantages of pub lic interest and the new aware new of their responsibilities such an interest imposed upon the participants There was a precedent in the television broadcasts of the if debates when Britains and touted States Austin fought it out with the Russian delegates over the Korean in tervention Those broadcasts taught the American people more of what is Involved in their international responsibil ities than any other medium could have in such a short time We cant help speculating upon the effect of broadcasts from the House of Commons We bet the absentee problem which is heard of so often From the Files of big the election campaigns would be settled once and for all if a television camera in use And what an improve ment there would be In the or atory One of parliaments biggest worries Is getting its business done quickly We wonder if the politicians aware of the audience would accordingly cut short their speeches or take advantage of the situation to extol the glories of their home ridings to a national audience planes which flew over on Sunday were from the United States strategic air force and were participating in the air defence exercises which have been going on lately under the joint command of Canadian and United States air forces bombers have been at tacking Montreal Toronto Ot tawa and other strategic points while Canadian interceptors have been practising defences against them Sundays planes could have been on their way home from Jin attack against Ottawa They droned in ma jestic manner across the sky trailing vapor trails from wings an tailsurfaces About their course were the arched vapor trails of attacking fight ers The planes were so high that the fighters were only dots bombers because of their huge size were clearly visible from the ground WyWBf by a despatch on operation that Canadas cities have been successfully bombed by the attackers and that the defence of our cities is not as airtight as one would like Such a disclosure ought to encourage more interest in civil air defence activity Con fronted with the fact that an enemy aircraft could bomb our cities perhaps the authorities will cease to argue over who is going to foot the bill for training civil defences and set about the job of organization Might even give those who are so eagerly boosting the size of Toronto something to think about After all the bigger a city the easier it is to hit from the air A JULY Mr Jas Nelson is making a decided improvement in his residence facing the south end of Niagara St The is being removed and a three window enlargement will take its place The Herb Lennox picnic at Island Grove on Monday Aug 1st The attractions this year are greater than ever in cluding six boxing bouts Bert Caldwell and his orchestra old time fiddlers competition swimming races baby show la dles tournament and grand display of fireworks The July meeting of the York County Medical Society was held at the Summit Golf Club near Aurora on the afternoon of Tuesday July The event was ladies day for the wives and friends of the society Dur ing the afternoon the ladies of the party indulged in bridge at the club house doc tors played around the hole golf course About attended the an nual Sunday school picnic in connection with the Christian church on Wednesday after noon It was- held at Preston and cars were supplied by members of the congrega tion- A wire fence has been erect ed around the new tennis court and it will probably be ready for use this evening Mr added some fine cement steps and walk to the front of his new residence oh Timothy St west which beautify the property Mr Walter has made a decided change in his residence on Timothy St by the addition of a new front porch He is also making sev eral internal changes AUGUST Mr Srigleys house on Tecumseh St was raised this- week and excavation is going on for a new foundation A new kitchen is also being add ed to the building All the sidewalks in front of the model school building are being torn up to give place to substantial granolithic walks A severe thunder storm pass ed over town Sunday afternoon which knocked the pinacle off the north gable of Al lans house on Park Ave A chimney at Canes factory was struck and a few bricks knock ed out and a tree was shatter ed on Mr Silas Armitages lawn Another tree in front of the Industrial Home was blown down ft was in the shade here Wednesday and Thursday There was a splendid market for farm produce here last Sat urday Prices were as follows butter per lb eggs per new potatoes 25c per peck old potatoes per bag raspberries per quart black currants per quart live spring chickens 3050c per pair live ducks per pr A number of workmen have commenced to pull out the front of the large Roche and Co department store and a new front of modern design is to be erected There will be only one entrance on the south of the store giving magnificent windows to show goods When completed wo shall have a regular city store in Newmarket A birthday party was held at the residence of Mr David Johnston St Aurora last week The party was in honor of Mrs Rogers who was A WILL HE COOPERATE v t ami Aurora rural districts North York Herald every Thursday at St by fro ami for two far one In each Member of Cats A of Canada Canadian Newspaper and Audit of as Second Class Mail Post OfrTco Ottawa A J W MM VM Joe and PAGE FOUR the edit o rial pa THURSDAY THE THIRTYFIRST DAY OF JULY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYTWO ALLEN JACKSON There was shock and deep regret in Newmarket when word came late on Friday that Allen Robert Jackson had died in an airplane crash near Trenton- Allen was a brilliant student an amiable boy well liked by all who knew him His early attainments promised years of accomplishment His death is doubly tragic in that he was unable to enjoy the promises the years ahead held out for him We join with all of Newmarket in our sympathy to Mr and Mrs Harold Jackson and to Allens brother and sister BRINGING INDUSTRY HERE Councillor Charles Boyd issued a statement a few weeks ago in which he catalogued the effort of his committee to attract new industries to Newmarket It was quite comprehensive and within the limits of the committees budget and authority about all that could be done We do not think however that it will be enough to assure a choice of industry for Newmarket The plain fact is that other municipalities have more to offer new industries in the way of land and facilities than Newmarket Until that fundamental lack is cor rected new industry will go elsewhere These considerations are pertinent particularly because of what is developing at Richmond Hill A i private firm has bought acres just north of the village There it intends to plan a model industrial sub division with 30G acres set aside for industry and acres for homes Dr E Faludi one of Canadas leading town planners has been retained to lay out the subdivision The real estate firm for the develop ment company says that several industries have shown an interest in the project Although the area is outside the village it is under stood that Richmond Hill is considering the annexation of 1000 acres including the development In this way civic services are assured for the subdivision and the municipality assured of the tax revenue The details of erection and servicing of the buildings by the develop ment company have not been settled yet The develop ment company may build for sale or for rent A similar scheme would have immediate applica tion for Newmarket It could be undertaken by private capital as is the case in Richmond Hill or it could be a partnership of municipality and private operator Fail ing these choices Newmarket might simply make pro vision for such a development against the time that private development capital could be interested The circumstances which make Richmond Hill attractive to the investors are its proximity to Toronto its highway and rail communications and the expecta tion of expansion north from Toronto These same factors apply to Newmarket only 15 minutes north of Richmond Hill They would apply in the choice of a Newmarket location by industry in any event but with land provided for such an industrial subdivision they would apply with greater force We think it selfevident that Newmarket does not now possess the sites to attract a good many of the industries which have been or are on the market for new locations Under these circumstances a closo in vestigation into the Richmond Hill development is indi cated Not all the hitters features may be applicable here but the principle of it certainly is ON T Newmarket needs a sewage disposal plant and Newmarket needs its Main St renovated and widened but as the council discussion last week indicated there is doubt whether the town can afford the two projects at the same time Councillor Charles VanZant wants priority to go to the sewage disposal plant for the ob vious reasons of its need But York County council which is pledged to pay towards the total cost of the Main St work has already laid aside of it this year with the remainder promised for next year If the work is not proceeded with Newmarket may lose that assistance The council discussion ended with a decision to see what could be done about the county grant whether it could be next year or an alternative arrange ment made for its payment It was not the most hope ful decision for either of the two projects The imme diate issue is one of cost to be sure but underlying that is the long history of other delays which have led to the present situation Main St needs renovation The disposal plant must be built Both projects could have been undertaken ago if earlier councils had faced the facts But because of delays in the past it looks as if there will be additional delays in the present and further delays in the future It is maintained that the cost of the sewage dis posal plant and Main St work if embarked upon simul taneously would give Newmarket a too expensive boost in the tax rate But it was not mentioned in the dis cussion that every year of delay in Main St mainten ance increases the ultimate cost of its renovation and every year of delay contributes towards a higher cost for a sewage disposal plant The mayor proposed settling with the county for a grant now with no strings on its spending except that it be applied to the maintenance of Main St This compromise would enable the town to proceed with the sewage plant and at the same time do work on Main St It would not however avoid the ultimate cost of the job that must be done to give Main St permanency We understand that to give Main St the requires will entail tearing up the road bed and rebuilding it completely If a grant were spent simply on surface work it would mean that sooner or later Newmarket would have to pay the whole cost of the proposition and at a time when it can be assumed that costs will be higher Main St and the sewage disposal plant are two major jobs that Newmarket has avoided on grounds of costs for a long time The council can continue to dodge these two issues on the excuse that the charge against the tax bill is too high If these were normal times the excuse might have some force It has no meaning now with costs rising steadily The economy of today is simply charging up a heavier cost for tomor row Why not accept the fact and get on with both jobs TAP THE TOURIST TRADE m JT Travellers will no longer drive along St in ignorance of the Newmarket Councillor Charles Boyd has the plans for a floodlit sign of nine by twenty feet to be placed on Yoivge St south of Eagle The sign will extol Newmarkets virtues and industrial possibilities Its taken a long time to hase that sign erected It was proposed to council over a year ago and nothing was done until this year when the project was handed to Councillor Boyd who carried it through to completion Now having gone this far could we not take the next step of developing tourist attractions in Newmarket it self The raw material is here There is Lions club park for example available for use to the traveller as a picnic ground There is Fairy Lake w its potentialities as a beauty spot There is the wealth of historical material which if properly put to use would attract many travellers We suggest that the mayor appoint a commission which would be charged with planning the development of Newmarkets tourist attractions particularly those with which history has endowed the town Well over threequarters of the travellers from the United States have embarked on their journeys to Canada for the purpose of sightseeing Newmarket has a historical link with Ohio and Pennsylvania the two states from which so many of the travellers come If properly put to use these historical attractions can encourage a heavy flow of business here HOLIDAY TIME Wo have been asked many times lately when the Era and Express will take a holiday week The answer is that in recent years at any rate the paper has main tained a policy of continual publication with the staff members taking their holidays in turn It is not a convenient practice Even though short only one or two employees in any given week the resulting extra work for the other employees longer hours and delays in our printing deliveries Yet wo feel these disadvantages are minor com pared to a policy of closing down for a week and depriv ing our readers of a regular publication We believe that when a reader subscribes to the paper he is entitled to the full issues when an advertiser seeks contin uity in his advertising he is entitled to assurances he will have it So though it means an extra effort for all of the paper employees we will continue this year as in other years to publish our full issues fiiA Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger Investigations are being car ried out in Comers by both Queens and federal conspiracies to ac quire government grants by fraudulent means are accused of Mayor Maynotts administra tion J- It all started when Mayor money saving gram put in as a oneman postmaster clerk chief of police and staff fire chief village engin eer sanitary inspector dog cat cher and street cleaner appointment saved the council money in and at the same time ad- ministration collected the post masters salary and applied for provincial salary grants on police applied for grants on a chief and two con stables all three being Hand- well Shakin of course The appearance in town of a post office department investi gator and a Queens Park offi cial aroused emotions that we would associate with revolt and secession Me father told me about them Family Compact men You cant trust em said Wil liam Lyon Thimble a former township farmer and one of Corners senior citizens Details on the actual investi gation proceedings are scarce so far writes our correspondent Slim This control by the state takin away our autonominous rights centralized control has gotta go or we secede Mayor is reported to have said In a closing statement to an enraged council Monday night Councillor Colin is quoted as saying We succeed from the right now Our correspondent comments If you cant succeed suck eggs as the old saying goes Meanwhile HandweU Shakin is becoming frayed at the edges His duties as the mayors mu- unit hang heavy on his shoulders Our correspondent reports the following iff Mivant not matter of t en righto their e it fa intern and not state Avcffwi of fnes on choke ft by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches Went yesterday to cash a money or Hes got six phones on hid desk with labels on era police phone dog phone fire department phone village clerk phone postmasters phone and sanitary inspectors phone As a phone rings picks it up and says dog here or chief He once got three calls at once one fer ketcher another chief and a third fire chief The this here Hello chief but hang on a minute A fire at Mills barn ye say i No lady we dont board dogs the weekend Broke in last night ye say hold on Hello 111 bring a net up right away what ye say Oh 111 sound the alarm and be right up Hel lo you there I somehow doubts the effi ciency of this here new munici pal austerity program of And to crack up of nerves if he keep this pace up instance had a fit the day the junior at the bank Ike Q Lowe snuck in and changed the labels on phones Shakin answered the call on what he thought was the police phone A woman who was really the sanitary said My husbind has fallen into a bad mess and I want to make sure that its properly covered up from now on His back up retorted See here woman this de partment doesnt coverup no nobodys here department what to do gettin covered up in this town Its gotta be wide open Unfortunately this here wo mans had fell into a septic tank over on Street which hadnt a proper cover onto it and she wanted action from the sanitary depart ment The woman was pretty about it That there is the kinda thing Shakin there has to put up with Hes dew a crackup any time The decision to dump the pork canned the earlier part of this year on the Canadian mar ket is a very unusual one One reason for it might be that this canned product would have better sale in the summer time Another might be that the gov ernment expects pork products to be in shorter supply right now and wants to avoid a fluc tuation in prices The government may figure that later in the fall a shortage might be balanced off by the Wiltshire sides now in cold storage By putting this pro- duct on the market it aims at keeping pork at a steady price which is orderly marketing and might encourage producers to plan their breeding program in an orderly way It also looks as if the government may not con sider maintaining the floor price after Sept and wants to get this pork off its hand There are just as many argu ments the other way When the canning policy was first em- upon it was hoped that this canned pork might find its way to the export markets If the government is reluctant to do this at less than cost price on the international market where there are agreements against such a procedure it could have waited a little long er since this product will store indefinitely Also this will hurt nil other producers of can ned pork who in turn will stop producing it thus making more pork available to go into cold storage In any case while it is ad mitted that the canning policy was the only way out last spring once it was undertaken there seems little reason to dump the product on the mar ket so soon There are huge undertakings in the planning stage the seaway Labrador m m m J THE OLD HOME TOWN iron hydro developments A product this would lend it self very well to feeding a large gang of Not knowing all the it is hard to guess the real rea son behind it all But it seems to us that support buying means to buy on a low market to remove supplies and on the high market to avoid a shortage Thus one has to reach the conclusion that we are having a short supply right now But if this is the case it might be a good idea to point out and the Federation should do this that as producers we would like to have some more information on this that those of us who have lost money at the price and the high feed prices last winter and whose pork is in those cans do not consider that it is possible to keep producing pork at price In other words while we suffered losses partly due to the foot and mouth disease and partly because of the unusual ly large hog marketings we stayed in the business in hope that once this supply was off the market our returns would increase to a more rea sonable level It seems to us that our government is reading too many Globe and Mail edi torials and is beginning to lean towards the socalled cheap policy Surely it would have been plenty of time to put this can ned stuff on the market when pork reached or After all if the summer trade is the one this is aimed at then half of this period is gone already If the government has decided to take its losses a few cents per pound wouldnt make much difference and it could have been held for another season By STANLEY