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A Very Merry Christmas FROM ALL OF US AT THE ERA Dave Haskell Mclatlden Gil Shepherd ieoi llaskclt George Haskell Rod Spiccr lie Bullous John Barnes Harry a Rolling Carol Clark Im Alice Gibhons Mrs Cindy Scott Ire Claire Pollock ra Kcster Hugo Mrs Cla Doris Robinson Mrs lies Pickering John Wright Mrs lr Thompson Martha McDonald Mis Ed Mis r Mcidcnia feeBfceiatithfctsfotscfc Since writing the articles about the reorganization education in York County have been delighted to receive copies of the report of the York County Public Schools Consulallve Committee These came to me from Jlr It Luke the chairman of that committee ami from the county office mi instruction of Warden J 0 Dale 1 thought I should hasten to assure your readers thai ihe ability to gel a copy of the report is apparently lit In view of helm I was able to study Hie repent itself I should like to make a few brief points space forbid- detailed step forward But this can he done with out making school systems so that too far from The for tin a single district hoard of educa tion centred on Sutton and ttpch- from North to But the boards proposed for the centre and the south are each loo big Each would lake in too many sohe cuirc actio from Queens Park Example the board which hires a ex- tl that the may agree to a It itself has already removed le most dangerous proposal that a board super- els be thankful for the work ready done ami he hopeful for fey If trite and King were all lumped to gether they would soon be wishing they could separate unless they fell into the hands of administra tors who would conceal all prob lems from everybody By break ing the proposed central board down into real communities and their feeder areas administration would be kept close enough to parents and classrooms A New market District Board of Educa tion would be a perfect unit alreadyhave all the main streams of secondary education On behalf of the Newmarket Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association I wish to thank lental Health grateful for received from THIS WEEK By Ray Beware of Bennett a Illusions I nisi minimis is hi Ins marl were Hie hoes mil hushes garden SUGAR SPI Christmas Is Real willed provincial pi who do not hesitate to challenge Ottawas authority have a special terror to the government And none is more audacious or daring than Itritish Columbias A J Bennett Because Premier Bennett corn bines audacity with an almost un matched political savvy almost every major move lie makes Is This b why BC3 dramatic move In slake a claim to all tile shelf off Ihe west coast has become a matter of such concern to federal authorities prolonged battle with in Dim of i IViinet one put Ottawa on the spot the claim Io shelf lies in the futtiie is whether Mi Proctor Gift Program ill Israel ami I ami polluted land In is no iwiv when the in In lions lint he Crier til this must happy season When the ilarkness sets in at overhead on and Main SI are humming Christmas that are piped in the open I faces reflect an air of festivity At the a parade pent moves along the row of Past the top it is hand of shine and little Fairyland is put up light in the the road and chilli are riding Santas sleigh and If I here is enough snow they will build huge snowmen to carol singing and in the of Ihe Army A man is selling roast chestnut fresh from lib little and their smell is adding to spending mood Main Street has come to THE ERA Serving York County Since 1852 Merry