a and Ntwauvfot and the rural district of North York A Councillor Ridler Answers Keys Letter To The Editor The Express Herald every Charles St Newmarket by the Newmarket Era and Limited Subscription for two year for on year In ad ranee copies are lie each Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorised as class Mall Post Office Department Ottawa John E Managing Editor Caroline Ion JVoraens Editor George Haskett Lawrence Racine Job Printing and Production THE EDITORIAL PAGE Sports Editor Nor did I go along with lh illfounded request lint the town take over Our roads in the Lyon subdivision cor rect the situation on drainage try to collect from Len and his associates ad done so tin- group ABOUT FIRES THIS IS FIRE prevention week and having been burned out of the Era and Express plant and offices last June we note that we have a deal of convic tion behind words of caution about possible fire dan ger While there was no proof to define the cause of our fire in June we are more conscious of possible causes of fires In the past few weeks there have been two serious ones in Newmarket one which caused con siderable hardship to two families on But ford St and another at the Health Unit building on Main St which has upset the administrative offices there and has neces sitated many hours of extra work for the staff Through the local fire brigade a special collection of garbage and debris was conducted in town this week in schools children are reminded of the fire dangers We are approaching the time of year when many lives are lost through fires particularly lives of small chil dren systems and chimneys should be cleaned and checked before the cold weather starts there may be a potential threat in your furnace or chimney now Besides the hardships and threats to families and own ers of properties fires throw a great responsibility on Members of the volunteer brigades which serve small communities without pay Their efforts are sometimes criticized by sidewalk firemen who know nothing of the technique in fire fighting In the Health font fire for instance they worked for over four hours to complete their job Firemen often are working for hours after the crowds have left It will be months yet before the Era ami Express will be free of the affects and losses from the fire last June Although we have a new plant parts and produc tion problems continue Another large business in town and Hose probably has had greater difficul ties than we have had since the June fire In this ear of we think more often about checking for possible causes of fire We hope that others will too COUNCIL FOR WILL VAT1 HE a year of changes on town council We know of one member of council who plans to retire from municipal life and two others who are consider ing the same One of the important factors which will Influence decisions by present members to seek re election or retirement is the loss of time which they lie devoting to their respective business enter prises It is material for the old argument that mem bers of council should be paid more Another factor which will influence some decisions will be the criticisms which always accompany service in public office The only comment we could make regarding the latter fac tor is that individuals who arc not prepared to stand up to honest criticism should retire from municipal life Indications are that one or more candidates will be named by ratepayers associations in new subdivi sions for the council As for the three executive positions of mayor reeve and deputyreeve we have heard a number of testing hint suggestions of a shuffling and the possibility of a retirement but no one can be sure of these offices not even candidates until the last minute before nominations arc closed In past years the top positions have been manipulated in the closing minutes of the nomination meeting We suspect that again there will be a shortage of candidates this year There are not enough citizen who will sacrifice business lime and leisure time to provide a good administration for the community Can we blame them Man we have a sound argument for having a town manager Elected representatives should argue out the general policies but paid officials should do the work which committees of council are required to do at present LETS USE THOSE WE HAVE WHILE THE COUNTRY is waiting impatiently for more students to graduate in engineering it might he well to explore readymade sources of material right at hand says The Financial Post How many thousand graduate engineers in Canada are working at jobs is not known Rut certainly there must he a great many At a class reunion in an Ontario city years ago it discovered that five years after leaving university more engineering graduates were selling insurance than were employed in the special and vital jobs for which they had been trained Undoubtedly the recent acute scarcity of engineers lias corrected that situation considerably but by no means completely One big firm manufacturing a wide range of electrical equipment made a of its staff the other day and found thai it had graduate engineers on its sales force T was considerably more than it had in its laboratories and about half as many as were employed in its technical production and manufacturing would immediately have been relieved of alt further responsi bility for the roads This was the advice of our solicitor Fortunately calmer councils prevailed and the town has pro ceeded to press for ami to effect a set I lenient that is solving the problem to the satisfaction of our engineering consultants and al most entirely at the expense of group The hotheads who made these proposals operating on emotion instead of reason would sold the while releasing croup from responsibility Is this what Mr Keys would have preferred us consider the Ironies deal When I came to The Editor feel it is lime that the rather uniformly erroneous statements made In letters to yourself by Mr It Keys met with correc tion To my knowledge I have never said anything or done any thing injurious to Mr Keys hut nevertheless he has continually attacked me in highly insult ing and invidious manner I would prefer that he make more direct and more courageous statements I would then have the pleasure of suing him and collecting for there is no foun dation for the indirect accusa tions he has made Mr Keys implies that I have supported every action and pro posal of Mr It Far from it but let me make the record clear Let us consider the Lyon subdivision I was not even on council when Mr Lenhart was granted permission for this sub division So it is no fault of mine that this subdivision has created problem However when difficulties arose because of faulty drain age arrangements I voted twice for motions requiring Lenhardt and his associates to correct the situation without undue delay council routes had a deal This is hardly sticking to the made to relocate on an expand- sinking ship as Mr Keys imcd basis in Aurora RUMMAGE SALE The Newmarket and District association for Retarded Children Will hold a rummage sale in town hall basement on Friday Oct 13 from to pm Good us ed clothing is requested foe lite For pickup of donations telephone Mrs William Warden plies Hut I didnt go along would have preferred to stay in the hysterical demands that were I Newmarket but had been offered i SHARON made to sue Mice free land by an Aurora since the town was in no and there was no such of- Jr lion to do so in Newmarket United church be at am immediately contacted 1 Sunday school at am in the Newmarket area Mr Writer Tate received two conditional offers of Sudbury calling on friends land One was from Mr J j the village on Wednesday Cropland but the area was looj Mrs Eleanor and Mrs small The second was from Hazel Pickerel Mr Of course no one were recent guests of their rou te going to give away worth of hind without return Mr and Mrs Jack Weston To- But I that the deal made with Mr- was much to ftnd fr who we monthly meeting got Sharon Home and School Added Industrial property Association will be held in the immediately to the value of I Sharon hall on Monday evening about Proposed la at pm rills lions should bring this up to over Ret acquainted meeting within two years everyone is welcome A contribution of per singlefamily dwelling erected in the subdivision or you Id have per twofamily dwelling public out On the homes granted a is a ami I HOPE From the Files of and 50 Years Ago OUR SIDE OF THE STORY by HARVEY THE FOUNT OF FREEDOM AND OF SCIENCE visitor to Allien admiration and a wonder He attracted to the the most beautiful build ing ever erected by human He the yd that have in model for tvi inturjo of He the the colonnade horn which the of duty mid hu man brotherhood radiated the He viMti the of in which the tragic drama flower to that J it i age have aji- bed only in then momenta He the Agoia in and other lover of laid the foundation of modern And he wonders manner of men produced the t of which he seen only and mangled material re ma Mint remember that the in and bron ze even the work of dramatic and lyric inmir- though may he ue not the grenet gift of to the mind of man The Athenians Invented liber ty and Five before fl western Although centuries fur ther from us in time of tin great they arc nearer us In spirit the of cathedral a foreign land We may the ingenuity fn Handing of ihe windows but ran not finite fco the point of a window that Is algnrd to out the moving from the world the to Athens villi in leva of light and of life- It ii athfetie field turning from a iuue In wc are home waa the toen that Win both Civ ilized and free All of fire equal be- They it who that obeyed no man but only Jay The only enjoyed Hie freedom- like of are tlie of arid secure h-ruoera- y but they were free from the bund of hi a has never been before or They their city and in of enquiry Nothing ho to hi- examined and Athenians Were ii religion but their great and philosoph ers were religious a unique acme Tiny achieved a They freely ad mitted that many he old in their were my They rejected the and Injustice that In oil auejrnt They replac ed the lower Ida It of old belief- with newer higher Yet the Athenian democracy Tlie of its death been studied by centuries of students Plato bee Some contended thai the fait of Athens was a failure of democracy The plain fact thai Athens was overwhelmed the superior military might of probe The to be oh- that ftuperiority In nit lure will nveiit a military defeat rind ran kill rind eruh culture After the defeat nu democracy lor twelve in spite a few flower thai ap pealed in and the iilic and liberty lay until he revived by a few draughts of tin- Attic ftjiint that eat bed West in the JUuaiMaiii What was this A Ilia it that the only free the ancient and then after many of subjection to Church and State emerged to create he modem flic It is a we can stilt profit we come of us who inhabit underdeveloped a re in danger of Aeeking in and forgetting that vilhoiit the spiiil technology eau be used to forge the chains of slave That it a of love of and the wis- The value they set on the they about why their city got Its name In the film the stem and Athene wisdom were rivals for Ihe of giving the city fctroek the roeh with bin owl a appeared He prom ised the that If they would mime their city After him Jt would be famine hi war throughout the world Athene then waved her wand earth and an olive tree grew from the ground to of aweet music promUed the people that If they named their nfler her ft would be re- Downed for wisdom the Ages And the neoitle with line Wisdom mill olive our shall lie Alb- Athenian love of knowledge Included a recognition that the only road to knowledge lay Ihiough pei listen investigation and logic It is that some Athenians joined some the that tolerance milled to enter the city Hue that nought truth fiom divine revelation through the of Ihe at Delphi but the genuine Athenian spirit was namely hat in- and give the only sine foundation for know ledge and that all beliefs must lie held tentatively subject to on he basis of dem we may not now have Our civilization is the most complex system interdepen dence the Id has ever known- The piohhm we have to fare if society is to vive beyond all comparison more complex those which past fait to sol ve Those problems be solved by the application of any simple formula SUM less they be solved by a kind a fane The of ran age Litre seilnus study of our minds must leain their findings In language thai the real of us will read mid on- dcistnitd And the rest must learn In distinguish expert from quack that the export an only on narrow field In which had train Ing flarldua by gnd attention to of experts by teat of those are the ess- of the Attic spirit aim of Ihe democratic way to the soluiiun and political I cms Years Ago October Mrs Cunningham and family of have moved into town for the win ter Mr and Mrs have returned to Newmarket spending the summer in Jou- Maine motoring home through the provinces Mrs Ken Mi Cane and Mrs Mrs Win lias worth Mis Howard Cane am Mis Ken Robertson the hospital convent ion which met in Toronto last week and the afternoon teas at the Royal York and St Mich aels hospital Miss Grave Strange of was a guest of Mr and Mis I llewion last weekend Mr and Mrs Goodwin spent Sunday in with Mr and Mrs- Mrs A J and Miss Johnston were the guests of and Mrs Homer last weekend Mr and Mrs A Walker of and Mr John Harv ey motored to last Saturday to spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs J Harv ey Mr and Mrs Silvester King of spent Sunday Willi Mr and Mrs Harper Price enjoyed the morning ser vice at United church Mrs Collins of last Thursday called on Mr and Mrs Collins of Park A Mr and Mia uid Mr and Mrs of Toronto guests of Mr and Mrs Win Saturday Mr- and Mis Hall daughter little Jean spent last Sunday at Mr Jackson left oil Monday to visit relative mid friends in At ion and Mimico expects he gone a couple id Weeks Mr ami Mrs J Collins pent Sunday with Mr mid Mis Will Collins at Like Miss Mrs Howard Cane and Mis del egates to hospital convention in Toronto last week guests at Lady receplimi and musical Mis Muclbmald Vutmia who was funnel Miss Viola Jales of Newmarket has home visiting here yeais Years Ago Oct It Championship Lacrosse trov ers of Canadas national game in this town and vicinity will have one more chance of seeing a championship game this year at North Yorks Great Fair on Wednesday Sept when the two best junior teams of the Canadian lacrosse Associat ion meet in the final game here for the championship of Ontar io The teams to play are Inidge champions of the Nor thern District and the winner of the Toronto Junction and St Marys series which shall be entcd at today Friday The of the Agricultur al Society ate to be commended for their foresight and enterpri se in securing this great game as an extra attraction for the Fair Mr and Mrs Friends missionaries to British are spending a few days with Mr Jacob Doyle be fore returning to their mission They arc accompanied here by Mrs mother Mrs J Doyle of Drayton Mr and Mrs It A of have been spending a week visiting with Squire Hob tui street Mrs is a granddaughter of Mr Hot ton Miss Grace Cune has left to attend Whitby Ladies College Mrs C Hughes was at home to a number of Indies on Wednesday Mrs Caldwell is spending a few days with her daughter Mrs C it Clark Mr Cald well spent last Thursday here Mia John Hunter has return ed home after visiting friends at Woodstock and oth er places in Western Ontario Mrs George Thompson and son have from Musk- oka hut other member of family still remain Mr and Mrs Chris and family Man are visiting among friends for a couple of months Mrs M Hughes and Mrs Maw are attending the Coun ty convention at this Week Miss Flsie and Miss Flor ence Wagner will attend College this year Miss stove and Miss Page of Tumuli spcnl a couple weeks at Mr It Miss Jennie Toronto is veiling with her sis- lei Mis Playlet this week Congratulations lo the Calf water connection this will members Junior Farmers between and cash the of Angus Morton for winning 3l A percent higher charge m the calf competition on all the water supplied com- fair Sired to charges to residents of James won This is percent on his calf and extra profit on alt this water third prize in We gave only Permission competition Donald Walker The subdivision is Calf in East township Mr John Lowndes attend- Since industry pays taxes with- the Ontario College of sending children to school cation in Toronto this year and since school costs are the Misses and Norma upper with Mr ami Mrs How- vantage to get industry without p also being required to provide barter residential assessment Stewart only serious argument against tins deal was as to toward our water supply was to undertake to supply another homes The town has since that time found an other large well so this no longer a serious objection and Mrs Barker though it was at the tunc the Sheldon Walker major part of municipal taxes Kay had is obviously to Newmarkets ad- iU with Mr and and family Mr and Mrs Aubrey Pottage I and Steven also Mr George Bar- spent Thanksgiving With Mr ami Mrs Douglas Pol- deal was made It is well to keep in mind that a majority of council agreed with me that this was a good deal It is also well In remember that entertained on Sunday in honor of her parents Mr and Mrs J Hill Mr and Mrs Verne Smith and It is also well remember family spent Sunday with Mr had to make the deal with and since he was the only mie suitable land j JAPS CANADIANS SI IDLINGS to offer sufficient free of and that this was the way it had to be Let us consider the St Lewis Farm shopping cen tre There were three proposals for shopping centre By It Lenhardt re- his Lewis farm frontage on St By Sam Kurin and as sociates re- of equiva lent sue Davis Drive By the Eagle Building and Develop ment Co re- frontage of equiv alent size on St near St The Ragle group were local hut proposed a shopping centre development in two stages with smaller investment ami assessment than the others Their proposal was only a few weeks Id The Lciilmidt pro posal had been made two years ago the Kurin proposal two mouths before the debate in council It is impoitant to that at that tune concrete pro posals had also been made for shopping centre development on the holders of town but in neighboring townships It is obviously in the interest of Newmarket have such val uable assessment inside rather Hum outside the towns bound aries All of the planning and industrial commit tee agreed this Proposed value of development is and we had to agree to no residential development to get this additional commercial development It will undoubt edly reverse the trend of the tax ran sending it lower instead higher Par various reasons the Ragle Building group of local people arranged to take and de velop the Lewis frontage rather their own Ragle St age if wen granted for shopping centre development of the frontage This then required lo the for which application had priority of time of application and In development by a local group These both reasonable considerations But additionally the gained a by Leu- don Mr ami Mr Ken Tinder Jo anne and Keith visited Mr and Mrs Melbourne Meek Sand ford on Sunday of the completion of Mill ard Ave approximate ns estimated by our Contribution of the cost of trunk cross ing the Lewis Farm In oilier words the town got 11000 mure than was offered by any other developer Should we have tinned down Mr Keys In any case a sub majority of council agreed the deal arrived at was the light one 1 do nut believe Mr Keys really meant what he said in Ins letter to your paper Sept Surely nobody could be such an utter fool What Mr Keys Im sine is that Millard Avenue is to be Again most of council his should be done And I sure the people of Newmarket agree But Mr Keys Voire was one of those raid against tins Didnt Mr Key even make the completely suggestion that a shopping centre on would reduce real estate values in the Lewis subdivision I my in ftir at least than if because it was only one and one half blocks from a Of course such to is an as set How Silly can you get have a Migration Mr Keys He should run for coun cil If elected Heaven forbid I he should go after the industrial and planning ward chairman ship Then he will receive the magnificent yearly salary for spending onethird of his time on the towns business plus being tall on the telephone nil the lime AS a bonus he will have picture of reading pen from arm chair on municipal fairs whose opinions are as ill- and as his own me at present NASStR DIPLOMATIC COURTiSY The not the- matter the people state in their their their in inter ami national i in not funrtion of Utah to assume the direction of those activities which on individual choice gift of Tokyo John S8cdllni from vkegovarnor of In a ceremony Tokyo lllbly lak A Clark of Ontario agriculture brought V to Tokyo and indented to the Japanese a inwVwIll Canadian group la tfo and cthtH President belligerence In hit public utter is not evident here as he accepts the credentials of appointed Canadian ambassador to Egypt A ahte eentre Us present at the of two