Newmarket Era and Express, 13 Apr 1961, p. 2

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and Member at Audit Bureau of Circulation and Class A Newspapers Serving Newmarket and the rural districts of North York 110th year of publication bibbed every Thursday at 30 Charles St Newmarket by the Newmarket Bra and copies are each Member of Class A and the Audit Bureau of Department Heart Throbs Humor by Andrew Murdison A Reader Writes And Looks Back At Local History The Editor publishing wndffmeTcoJyo MM Era hard and Express The P a emigrated to California only on the general a very old Biblical name pages but more ir Wing son of my sorrow ly on your editoria born while Jared was in on He grew up I wholeheartedly admire felt that artists who This years council has done a com mendable job in holding the 1961 budget 94 mill There will be sighs relief from hardpressed taxpayers to past have become all too familiar Municipal spend ing this year will cost the average New market householder an extra three to five dollars over his tax bill It is an increase but nevertheless not half as bad as it could have been A critic glancing through the finan cial report is hard put to find something on which to hang his hat If any criti cism is due it is of the allotment of this year for the first stage in the improvement of Fairy Lake A provincial grant will bring the spending money to We prefer to concur with a small minority of council that the project could well have waited until the trunk sewer for the towns southerly in dustrial sites is laid The projected route for the sewer will pass close to the lake A further criticism could well be aimed at the allowance for sidewalk maintenance A meagre request from the towns Roads and Bridges Commit tee for was slashed to For this money it doesnt look as if much work will be done on the anklespraining sidewalks this year One trend we can applaud is the move away at least for the present from de benture issues for capital expenditures Notable example this year is the two mills set aside for a road work program Policy of the present council seems to be one of payasyougo Although council debentures The annual repayment total amounts to a fat Its just as well the brakes are applied now CUT AND DRIED Mayor James Ottons firm hand rules Newmarket Council Chamber in the in terests of dignity and it must be admit ted that quiet discussion raises the pres tige of municipal debates An errant young councillor in an argumentative mood has scant chance to unload his just a step in advance a of line and out of focus in l wilderness not far from the j p i the of withering glance from the Chair In stead these moments are reserved for the seclusion of a committee meeting behind closed doors More and more we feel that town business is being conducted in committee only to come to the floor of an open coun cil meeting after all points of the issue at stake have been investigated While council meeting until it resembles a so phisticated meeting of the legislature we are not sure that we wouldnt prefer the firebrand lavs of knock em down drag em out fights If peaceful meetings add to the decor um of local government they also make it difficult for observers listening to ar guments worn out in committee to judge just who is for what count our many Group Muddy York E of the average drive ESS SrHfeEHFl S Our Readers Write l5teaucTer tec AND UK WAS 1fe When the no wealth made nv a d people and personality in ly mam modem always be perpetuated BOX sheep and and laid entirely in mile Public School Registrations Attention All Newmarket Parents From The Files Of 25 And Years Ago colt School not later than pupil December 31 1961 el IS s fair

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