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Newmarket Era and Express, 25 Aug 1965, p. 4

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and Member or Audit Bureau of Circulations and Class A Newspapers Serving Newmarket and the rural districts of North York Canadian Legion Notes MHun Wesley Branch By FRANK Summer Fun Nearly Ended llllh year of publication rapidly Derby- The derby Alex and best wishes to you and Doug Is the Volerai every Wednesday at Chi my Limited Subscription SI I copies are 10c each Member of Class Association and the Weeklies Canada Canad Circulations Authorized Office Department Ottawa In advance commencing the representative at the local THE EDITORIAL PAGE iOFAUGUSTNINTEEX HUNDRED AND SIXTYFIVE The loon Sept ana an contestant will re- the best derby ever recently and feel that any Veteran who needs help from his depart ment will receive a friendly The Ladles Auxiliary of Wee presently ONLY SHINING EXAMPLES This past week has seen that time of year come around again when it paramount in the eyes of some Bo protect the Grade students who stand aa high as had been hoped the results were finally released Released that is to the schools and the general public Education today is the most impor- and most expensive item on the tax bill so It goes without paying that taxpayers have the right to know Row the and teachers fare the particular school to which their Rax money is diverted Rightly or the of a school is ONE OF MANY events point out that Downward Hospital patient with and the Pee Wees as well a lot In the point out that New- as being in league about the Legion welfare not Pro- will not qualify for and receive p Also the Pee Wees Auxiliary enter competition at the own Alex Finnlfia good spirits any to I the the majority of ratepayers by the average success of students in the grades and especially Grade The point we are trying to make is Grade results in general should made available to all rather than a list of perhaps the top five or six It would be how honor students and how many passed regardless of the individual per centage of marks Last year we encountered some dif- in gaining the complete list of from the area high schools and we are offered a special few apparently a policy carried to degrees according to the wish Of the principal or the school hoard prohibits the publication of the complete results Should this he so we offer no com- providing ALL schools have the same ruling but some of the Metro area seemingly are able to provide Toronto newspapers with any amount of their results If the decision is definitely in the of the individual schools the public should he made aware of it and then perhaps ratepayers might exert some pressure on the controlling school board If on the other hand this is a policy set down by the Ontario of Education it is time the Hon IWilliam Davis looked Into the matter and give those who pay the shot some Information for their money grant offered for such purposes and in all probability will leave a few downcast people strewn at the roadside of municipal politics who left New market should get busy plan some action to mark the celebration Information from outside indicates that Newmarket does not stand alone At July some appli cations had been received by the Cen tennial Commission with receiving U the approval of the federal and LdDOr governments At least 200 other municipalities had forwarded letters of intent which have not been followed a mtll ir of the total municipalities in Canada which hud to adopting a Centennial Project but never actually got off the ground with a definite plan Perhaps the situation might best be summed up as Lack if interest or to charitable view a case where wiser heads have turned thumbs down on expensive plans where the Cen tennial grant would only be a very small part of the total cost to he borne by the taxpayers York in Sunny- fare projects have reached three figure bracket story entitled Truth is ently and Weekly Newspaper Is Backbone Of Community Says CWNA President ALBERTAS PREMIER OUTLINES DEFECTS OF MEDICARE PROGRAM GOOD NEWS Irt SUMMER MADNESS The summer appears to he the for the hoodlums That carefree and open disregard for law and for the property of both the public and individual citizens seems to blossom with the longer days and the wanner Public facilities in many places in the district have been disfigured and some cases practically rendered use less by their It would re quire an army of policemen to stand guard over our beaches and parks ju order to catch the hoods Motor ears in the hands of young sters are a constant menace to the lives of innocent adults and children on the beaches of the district A glance at the police court records of the district will how hard the police and the mag istrates are trying to crack down In Saint John a magistrate sentenced an 18yearold to throe Jitiontha in jail The offence was ask- stranger for cents anil then punching him in the mouth The Saint John magistrate thinks hat hoodlum- ism will wane in that community if or youths are dealt with firmly by and the courts The camp operator in British Colum bia who after giving ample warning shot in the leg two young men who refused with others to get off his property is la- commended rather than criticized The way to reduce and other num- crime feis to make sure there is proper and I sufficient punishment for crime Owen Sound Sunlimes I of Argus Can to expand g and warehousing indeed good companys markets the scope of the Imagination further expansion within the While the present move to gain extra working space may not result in more people gaining employment at is an indi cation the progress the company bus made In a comparatively short time and we congratulate Mr Franklin and Ids associates Oil the success of Argus Cameras of Camilla Limited and also offer commendation on Die fact that the decision to add to the existing plant could be a signpost to other industrial in Newmarket COSTLY COMMISSION In one important respect the Royal Commission on and has done itself proud During the twentyone mouths from the time it was created in July to the end of March it spent no less than 1663316 of the taxpayers money and has created an organization I bill beyond the fivemil iondollar mark before its final report perhaps in Its estimated expenditure for the current year is set at which would bring the cost to the March beyond This would make it the i she Commission history surpassing the previous record 9 of set by the Com

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