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Member of Audit Korean el Circulation and Class A Newspapers Serving Newmarket and the rural district of North York King Council Margarines To Use Colors King township council ad Within Specified Ranges Milk butter while also fully equipped I range for margarine Published every Thursday at Charles St Newmarket by the New Company limited Subscription tor two years for one copies are lie each Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized a Post Office Department Ottawa Weekly Newspapers Second Class Mail Depart ill only subsidize the Agriculture the traditional Eram THE EDITORIAL PAGE DAY OF APRIL NINETEEN CANCER VIRUSES CIGARETS maud up goes the sal New York Citys In stitute for Cancer Research named af ter General Motors geniuses Alfred P Sloan Jr and Charles F Kettering comes up with a most interesting report on viruses as the basic causes of cancer A virus as understood nowadays is to quote from this report essentially in fective nucleic acid wrapped in a pro tective protein jacket Viruses have produced in ani mals There is as yet no proof that any form of human cancer is caused by a virus But neither is there proof that It isnt Many cancer research scientists be lieve that the agelong quest for a cure or preventive of cancer will end some where in the field of virology the We of course dont pretend to be ex perts on all this But as humble laymen we make bold to express the opinion that the current agitation against cigarets as an alleged cause of lung cancer looks pretty premature and presumptuous in the light of the report Suppose viruses are eventually found to cause cancer of all types with entirely out of the picture That this report strongly indicates can easily happen If it should happen the peoples faces would be very red and they would have a lot of explaining to do to the wellmeaning per sons now financing the at tacks on the tobacco farmers the tobac co industry and one of the favorite pas- limes of tens of millions of Americans Incidentally there is no laboratory proof that ever gave cancer to a human being and most cigaret smok ers never get lung cancer Why not halt this whole fight until all the evidence is in one way or the other New York Daily News HIGH COST OF EDUCATION Despite the efforts of council to have education costs viewed with some amount of reason by the school boards the fact remains that per cent of all expenditures in the budget is for education It is true the Public School Board did considerable paring of their costs to help keep the mill rate down but unfortun ately the High School Board could not their way clear to effect similar At the present time some extension of control by municipal councils over capital expenditures for education is be ing considered by the Provincial Govern ment but opinion at that level appears to be divided In all probability the gov ernment will hesitate to act too strongly against the School Trustees Association tor years the cry has been raise at municipal conventions that councils should have more control over costs of education at least over capital costs Councils consider ALL the budgets for municipal services They con sider the tax rate They often decide that something has to be reduced and pare costs accordingly They have to take into consideration how a rising lax rate will affect ratepayers how it might affect healthy growth in the municipal- School Boards consider one budget only perhaps adopt the attitude the tax rate is not their rcsjwnsibility or worry but if education is considered one of the services provided by a municipaljtv for citizen- us budget should he couri ered in relation to the budgets of other civic departments On the other band should education be in a class by itself the Department of Education should try to have some control over expenditures A glance at the metropolitan dailies clearly shows that teachers ate in great demand Day by day from before Easter until August school boards across the province are advertising for teachers for high and public schools and as the Unquestionably the teaching profes sion is needed and their work can be ex acting and probably nervewracking par- so now that we have adopted the attitude of freedom of for our children Rose make the departmen will be asked Carruthers of Con- All will agree that teaching today is VouragerUrcprcsentinK not an easy job but nevertheless the their companies were present steady rise in salaries some of which to hear these tenders by now touch has placed an extra burden of some consequence taxpayers with some resenting the high cost of education because they no longer have children attending school Population growth means more schools to be built more teachers to be hired so perhaps it is time for a control to be exercised whether it be at the municipal level or by the province Edu cation must continue but its costs could be approached with an element of reason it does matter intenance and Charles A Black as caretaker of the municipal ad- effect April Reeve Ray township with the hope that his retirement will provide an opportunity to more fully en joy the companionship of his and pleasures in which bey mutually participate Mr Black now was municipal building was King Township Building to las been appointed temporary said both butter section of the yellow official Tin- scale wilt be used to the colon From The Files Of 50 Years Ago led to its traditional yel- Decline authorized by town council While lining up tore debt in two from picture from Royal Dales I dont think we came uneasy ami started need to worry about adding back up It soon caused or to arid a light wagon wa debt overturned breaking off A bad accident occurred at There was quite a comma llCI while a of the lulls percent of from Rouyn p travel- people The struck and of crop- this sum killed uid The Mr Jacob Buck dr MONEY WELL SrENT The bald statement that Council approved a raise of Mayor W A Kent a week ago no doul raised the ire of some of the taxpayer and in the minds of a large number others brought forth the Why In signaled help Vegetable oils are heme re- school costs ill fish oils boards of th- Slew art figures for To- The Customers Always Write f the neigh- law 1 woodwork notify fount ew of the publicity given the Newmarket Era and jump in the mill rale and the efforts of letter by Jef the Finance Committee to try and keep we arc in hearty any increase within reasonable bounds to on the surface at least it would seem as though an increase in pay for the mayor a famous American came at an inopportune time during the War of This actually is not the case In his position as head of the Department of begin here The Industry Mayor Kent takes on a lot of f work not directly connected with his job Rising field has alreai as mayor Chasing prospective industry and by none oth can be a thankless job it would be dif- dependent to assess just how many days and othe indecent a number of nights too are devoted to men and I trust and I following up industrial inquiries tips action will be from wellmeaning citizens who honestly ac feel Newmarket has a chance of getting nation a certain industry if only someone will Unfortunately this do the chasing and making contact with na prospects gleaned from the pages of and the The Financial Post and the Department word but he has YORK COUNTY BRANCH In addition to any time spent of this nature and it is work personal expenses come into the picture Gasoline lnt consumption and entertaining a pros- camera a pect at lunch alone can add up to a for pretty penny in a year Who can actually pinpoint results of such effort and expense Today it may seem a lost cause six months from now loyalty perhaps a little encouraging two to hence may see an industry the chips fall where they may Well Wooing industry is a very ban live thing with perhaps as many as towns with similar advantages and at- tributes all seeking the same goal that fair con industry which will employ 100 or more traip give increased spending power to the re- jo and contribute substantially to play in the tax structure I No town gets a new industry through casual effort over a short period This Could it is work of a specialized nature calling for a lot of time sincere effort and the desire to see the town prosper It is work nylons well worth paying for cannot In presenting the budget Deputy- Caroline Ion as fin nice chairman is away stressed the mayor was not getting a meras raise in pay rather that some financial recognition should be made for time and forced effort expended on behalf of Newmarket these Mrs Ions proposition was clearcut and fiains in no way suggested the mayor would or should receive under the table pay it is hap Many towns today have fulltime in- to annually pense account of perhaps up to In some cases these towns have not had the of the almighty a new industry Incite within their area during the past five years but they keep no V lu on trying he fine gold of it Should new industry settle here this reckons with every man year or indeed in the next three years any money paid the mayor or any other in buying and eel person doing the industrial pro- particularly where he I motion work could be classed as money s well spent Andiew CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION Welcomes you to the following events during MENTAL HEALTH WEEK April 28 to May SUNDAY APRIL Auditorium Newmarket Shopping Plat and afterwards Open House York Counly TUESDAY APRIL 30 Open House Fairmead School Newmarket pm WEDNESDAY MAY Open House House Of Concord Dr R D Psychiatric Consultant WEDNESDAY MAY I Antique Display sponsored by FOR FURTHER DETAILS CALL THURSDAY MAY 2 Open House School Centre Street Richmond Hill 9 Coffee Principal Miss Ketola FRIDAY MAY Open House Warren dale Highway FRIDAY SATURDAY MAY Open House Ontario Hospital Aurora ur of hospital Refreshments SPECIAL FEATURE What Is A White Cross Volunteer Talk and Film for new volunteers SATURDAY 230 PM Mrs F OCalUghan Mrs F Murray PA 74554 AURORA Published through the courtesy of Brammars Mens Shop 196 Main Street 220 Min Street W H Eves Davis Drive York County Branch Canadian Mental Health Association