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Upmarket and Mentor Bum and Class A Newspapers Serving Newmarket audi the rural of North York nf every at Charles St Newmarket by the Newmarket En and Express Company Limited far years far one year in advance Single copies are lie each Member Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the or Circulations Authorized as Second Class Hail Post Office Department Ottawa Newmarket En THE EDITORIAL PAGE Express Herald THURSDAY THE 14th DAY OF MARCH NI HUNDRED AND SIXTYTHREE NEWSMENS OPINION Govt Has Let Can US Down On Nuclear Arms A Broth Of A Day SHHIiHi Where Shamrocks Bloom No Blast Effects IS TOO MUCH EXPECTED Metropolitan Torontos School Board seems to be having oodles of trouble these days Queen City dailies carried accounts of the recent expenditures hassle in de tail and the only purpose they accom plished was to disgust Toronto taxpayers and the Ontario public in general with the situation Locally we can be thankful that we have school boards and teachers who do not rank in the same category with those in the Ontario metropolis We have good schools decently equipped without being luxurious and we have teachers that are reasonable both in salary demands and working conditions without getting into the posh class This district can be glad there is so much understanding on both sides of the educational scene It avoids what is described as unpleasant- some of the items on the list in the requisitions presented to the Toronto board it seems that their teachers are being pampered beyond all sensible degrees Certainly it looks like the schools are truly homes away from home to the members of the teaching With high class equipment in lounges and executive offices broadloomed to the tune of thousands of dollars it would ap pear that in the vernacular of the street the teachers have it made Toronto board members met the re quisitions with anger and embarrass ment They were angry that such luxury items were foisted on them for approval and more or less taken for granted that they would pass them without grumbling They were embarrassed that all this ex penditure had come into the open and that they were members of the board Naturally it is a difficult position for Ihe board members If they fail to grant alt the expenditure they incur the dis approval of the teachers and if they pass them they can expect to be heartily mal igned by the taxpayers Perhaps the most significant state ment that came out of the board session was when one member heatedly remarked Toronto could not furnish their own homes in the manner in which teacher expect us to furnish their school quart ers He will find wholehearted agree ment thousands of Peculiarly the jackpot that the find9 in from similar bodies honored in the past few years Extra courses in the summer automatically qualifies a teacher for a salary raise al most every year And this is taken for granted by both school boards and public alike What other profession or trade can a young person enter and expect such increases every year up to an undoubted better than average living There just isnt any other occupation that enters this It is just about time that teachers and school boards both took a long look at the taxpayer Just how many ratepayers are Thee the pale of Metro seems to indicate that he Toronto board is getting everything that is coming to They feel that the is paying for past sins The sins mainly are the flagrant manner which Toronto officials have outbid smaller centres for the services of good teachers Not so much in the salary department but in plush extras better lounges parking better meals etc Now these facets are being carried to extremes in demands but the Toronto board must try and live up to past cannot be blamed for teach ing where they get the most benefits It is only human nature for people to work where they get everything on the well- known silver platter Each year they demand additional privileges and have come to the stage where expect them without question Just how close they can get to a working Utopia is on ly a matter for future conjecture Most Ontario residents feel that cation has just about reached its zenith at least expenditurewise Figures from the provincial parliament this year in dicate a educational budget A considerable rise from two decades ago when the educational expenses were Certainly we have a larger pop ulation better schools and more teachers But is this boost of over per cent- justified in a purely educational sense or has a large amount of the raise been eaten up in special items Few professions or trades can make the demands teachers have made and had the educators Few householders will rank in this category Education is a definite must in our modern society and teachers are an inte gral cog in this cultural wheel But surely there is a limit on expenditures for salar ies and facilities Dont forget the town and country school turned out some fine men and women in the past Look at prominent figures in every stratum of Canadian life and you will find numerous country school backgrounds And the rigors of those days did not mar their characters nor ambitions We can have education without spar tan conditions We can have good stu dents and teachers without serving cream puffs at every meal Give a few of these cream puffs back to the taxpayers in sen sible and understanding legislation on the parts of both teachers and school boards RED CROSS MONTH March is Red Cross Month in Canada and this year marks the annivers ary of the founding of the Red Cross at Geneva Switzerland It all started back in when Henri a Swiss banker witnessed a furious battle between the FrancSardin ian forces and the Austrians at Italy Dismayed at the lack of medical facilities for the treatment of the casual- tics organized small band of peasants to comfort the wounded until they could be given medical aid or death took them from their misery Thus started the Red Cross and al though originally concerned with relief to the wounded of armies in time of war became involved with large scale disaster relief operations as a secondary task Today we know the Red Cross as the organization which moves in at the time of disaster whether it be to offer help to a burned out family a community stricken by epidemic or flood Working the community level or on more mam moth undertakings on a province wide or national basis the Red Cross is always ready to provide food clothing emergen cy shelter and the many other services for which it has become so well known March is Red Cross Month a time to recall the work done in the past a time help the Red Cross look ahead in its Springs Colorado last week- armed with conventional high OWNA Board of Directors a report of the trip was to he explosive weapons The bombers continue down over Northern Canada to a can intercept them plification of the matter IUs as simple as that Too bad the down badly by not accepting plane is shot down but its long before now to learn first hand what and fence are all about Then we marc missiles and Voodoo Weekly Newspaper Associa tion visited head- Colorado recently fuse which will explode when it falls to a neighborhood of Toronto logical approach to accepting our rightful share of duties involved in defending this con- Protect Ourselves Instead there has been a the weekly newspapermen eminent not only has ill ad On the other hand had the American allies who are real- American defence look or us vised the people but has not small warhead as being unwilling to help plosion would have cooked This sorry situation could bomb and it would have fall d This was the gist of the feel- ob people put forth the effort to being briefed by key officials in a lecture room at sue and weight from the As for the nuclear Ministers at nor An it is indeed meet todays defence require- By OLIVE MARROW single acre Midway between the Christ- Every Thanksgiving j mas and Easter holiday sea- end in October Just ButVis all visitors Last year was the that drop 113th renewal of Ihc Irish blood that has been Royal as the exhibition is InlC in CI Ml Irish become Irish We ho claims vegetables grain displayed to choice not by birth to be Irish by marriage Irons Many TV and radio spirit of the day with Irish Erin is a small place with songs jokes and monologues a big heart You could not wearing the green in honor during a week when tragedy that left young children par- St Pal of lepre- people for been cloves ing It is for dream- feel the grief day only we may as is a little bit the black hats had actual- From The Files 0 50 Years Ago It Die low hills and surrounded by friendly neighbors with with such colorful names as of sh laughte fountain Rocltside Cedar Valley and travel to Ireland in our life- drive from Newmarket we can see our own Erin Sure and therell be a welcome loo planning HOTCROSS BUNS The appearand of HotCross Buns this past week leads to lhi J taster losing some of the which for years were symbolical of the season and added zest to the waiting un til it arrived The true meaning of Easter everyone knows to recognize the made for humanity by Jesus Christ through His time of sorrow those who persecuted Him leading to Over the years however customs have brought about such things as egg rolling contests decorated eggs at the table Easter Sunday morning and hot- Egg rolling contests have generally faded into the discard eggs at colored or otherwise are no novelty the buns have lost their significance through their early and continued sale Commercialism through the display of chocolate Easter eggs and bunnies has apparently been successful in taking away from our young folk some of the joy their parents experienced at Easier