Newmarket Era and Express, 23 Jul 1953, p. 5

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j A For more travel the fast and comfortable Limited Put P engineer doe the duplexroomettes Overnight enjoy le variety of deeping from berths ubtotheminute dining cars Limited on dependable Go International Limited and Problem York County The largest single public health problem of the people of the York County Health Unit area has been dramatically emphasized during the last few weeks Aggravated by increased rainfall old problems of inade quate methods of waste disposal from private and busi ness premises in various builtup areas have boiled up Several of the longestablished were shown to discharge laundry I LAKE S1MCOE FISH FOR V irW4 communities which over the years have built on restricted size lots insufficient to provide for adequate septic tank and tile beds are having the inevitable trouble of sewage coming to the surface of the ground more and more frequently particularly when the ground is saturated with heavy rains The village of appears to have numerous old and new residence and business establishments where the land left over after the erection of a building has been much too small for adequate absorption of waste products Recent local j laws and supervision of new are helping to pre- vent further increase of the problem But present waste disposal difficulties and hazards to health appear to be more extensive than would ap pear on the surface The Health Unit staff with the enthusiastic endorsement of the village council is planning a complete survey of sanitary conditions in the village within the next few weeks This survey will involve a visit to each and every premises in the village and should provide an overall picture of the community problem which may then be approached to find a rational solution The complete unbiased water to the ground surface or open pits and private drains were carrying beyond the own ers boundaries Of 25 premises reporting difficulties 19 of these percent are located within the main business area Insufficient field tile area and the parking or driving of cars over the field tile appears to be major causes of system failures Such problems have been inten sified by the conversion of busi ness storage premises to living apartments and the division of lots While no serious epi demics have yet been attributed to waste disposal difficulties in a real possibility of the spread of diseases such as poliomyelitis and infectious jaundice is being frequently at tributed to human waste and in adequately treated sewage in other comparable situations- Similar ly the village of must become aware sooner or later of the hazards to community health and the in creasing urgency for finding a community solution to the prob lem of waste disposal from pri vate and business establish ments As in many communi ties valuable facilities and re sources that can be an asset to the health of the people of the village have been or are being converted to streams of from Lake Simcoe will be featured in one the many contests being planned for the Canadian National Exhibi tion this year Two pound have been ordered al ready by Mrs Jenkins manager of the womens activi ties About 50 percent of the en tries which are heavy axe from women The amateur fish fillet ing competition of the in dicates that a good many fisher men do not clean their own catch Their wives prepare them for the frying pan Standard fish knives will be supplied to all contestants so that they will be working with the same tools Incidentally all can keep their fish whether they win or not They will be judged on speed and ap pearance of fish All entry forms must reach the Womens division of the C N not later than August cooperation of the residents of where disease abounds instead is necessary to make the survey successful Informa tion will be sought pertaining to water supply waste and garbage disposal methods and difficulties being experienced in maintain ing reasonable sanitation of the premises The confidential in formation will be incorporated into an overall report with no references to individual names and a complete and valuable pic ture of Woodbrldges present situation will be presented A complete sanitary survey of the village of was made in the summer of and revealed a detailed picture of closecrowding of buildings in the village particularly in the business section and central parts constituting a real threat to the health of the people of the village of Of premises visited premises WIENER ROAST Progressive Conservatives in the northern part of York North riding will hold a wiener roast on Wednesday July 29 at the beach of York County park A huge bonfire and a sing song will be on the program at wiener roast on Wednesday ev ening candidate C A Tiny Cottiers will be the spe cial guest Everyone welcome of being maintained as clear pools of healthgiving water that should be an asset to the community citizens who are anxious to maintain as a healthy place to live must give early urgent at tention to the villages waste dis posal situation It is hoped that the importance of community health will find its rightful place in the commun ity picture where waste disposal has progressed from a private problem to a community prob lem RETURN FROM TRIP Mr and Mrs Frank arrived home last Friday from a six weeks vacation trip to Ed monton Vancouver and the State of Washington greatly re freshed from an experience they will not forget It was a well earned holiday following Mr Gambrills retirement last fall after years as a rural moil courier at King City When they arrived at Edmon ton they visited Mrs Gambrills daughter Marguerite her husband Bill and daugh ter Joan The motored them to Calgary and Banff and other places making a round trip of miles At Warburg miles from Edmonton they spent some time with Mr Wm Shipton and family He is Mrs Gambrills brother The train ride through the Rocky Mountains was wonder ful experience and from Van couver they went to Tacoma Wash and on to where Alfred Gambrill a bro ther and his wife are living Mr and Mrs Gambrill said that there was no interest being shown in the Canadian west in the forthcoming federal elec tions Conservation On Sunrise Fair Tour Some York County farmers had an opportunity this week to see how the other fellow does it when the York County Soil and Crop Improvement association staged a Sunrise Farm Tour which demonstrated in practical form those farming procedures necessary for the conservation of both soil and water ANNUAL MEETING Speaking at the recent an nual meeting of the York Co operative Medical Services Sam McForlane president of the Co operative Medical Services Fed eration said that for the last years the present government had been promising a national health plan but had done noth ing about it He also stated that a County Cooperative Hos pital and Medical plan operated by the members was far superior to a national plan supervised by the government The treasurer reported that during the year had been paid out In claims At the end of the year there was a net surplus of which would go back to the members as pa tronage returns The secretary reported an in crease of members during the year Directors elected for the next three yearn were B Wit- son Sheldon Walker Sharon and Paul Snider Maple The president Mm was chairman of the meet ing The original forested area of Canada has been estimated at nearly 2000000 square miles preceded Wilbur when first airplane flights in North Carolina in rife Under the direction of W agricultural repre sentative for York County and Carl president of the York County Soil and Crop Im provement association cars In convoy visited several farms where a real contribution to ag riculture Is being made No hobby farms were included in the tour which was designed to show what could be done to in crease productivity In a practi cal way During the morning and part of the afternoon the group in spected varieties and types of forage plants saw a demonstra tion of simple contouratrip crop ping and hod a look at the in farm machinery In action Particular interest was evinced in farm ponds and their con struction several of vari ous types being inspected during the day On the farm of near they sow ponds that not only supply needed watef to farm and farm buildings but also act as a check on erosion as a result of flooding A demonstration of farming without a plow intrigued the visitors At the farm of Lemon the group aw a flold that been trans formed from pasture to a wheat field almost in the of hours Today healthy better than crop indicates that the method adopted on that particular I piece of land According to Mr Cockburn Mr had gone Into the field one afternoon with a heavy duty and followed up with double disc The halfday saw pasture worked Into he soli with enough being loft near the surface to llflhton and enrich land and allow for increased penetration of mote- lure The vlsitorn also saw that hod been cultivated In manner Dotted with tho con trol of moisture on Lemon farm constituted of problem To prevent erosion which once threatened to deplete fertility of the noil Mr strip crops dampest using alternative atrip of clover and grain Splendid tost pints of oat and barley varieties wore also shown the visitors The tour opened with a visit to farm whoro plants nnd drying equipment inspected Fol lowing this visit group saw an example of contour rtrlp cropping at the of Later they vlritcd the Mi- farms at The tour closed with a visit to the York Countys 3500 acre forest where the value of re forestation as an important fac tor in conservation was stressed by the district Thanks to the hosts for their cooperation in throwing open their farms to visitors was expressed In brief speeches by Mr and Mr MOULIN Moulin Rouge the new technicolor picture opening on July at theatre Newmarket is an authentic film adaptation of the life story of ToulouseLautrec the celebrated turn of French artist Star of the film Is Jose Ferrer who plays the taxing role of The physical requirements alone demanded the utmost of his energies Ferrer la five feet eleven inches He had to play l r A I I sg ST- sacs it There is fantastic waste and Government has sold it back in power theyll continue the Federal taxes have spiralled to an 40 out of every dollar of wages Canada Taxes are higher than the to stop it If they gel WHAT 00 office a flpnnuritMjdance floor JO dance ItoU for the t bull houses for the Canadian to nay for huts for cost have been piled up and never wed la pay for buying and worth of to building in Ottawa pay for government plus is ihsinore the the more he gets Its your that are being VOTE tan stop Progressive Consemt tall cut out it cut down We sre pledged to cut the nations taxes by million dollars It am be done will YOUR PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE 1 J r if BUY i IMS with white very few la every IMS CHEVROLET IMS -iSC- the role of a man height four six inches Iwuitrec the first to con of tho poster In Its modern form Previously were small affairs con taining only typo and no But revolu tionized the whole concept In with his first famous pos ter tho Moulin Rouge gay that In in nineties It from the that John Hustons new film takes its cost whose supporting players In clude Zsa Colette Marchand and Your Chember of Commerot building bitter community J Including power ete Is a to MONARCH I r SSI i- ECU 1 -i- ii ijiis fc

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