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v A Letter To The Eras ill Dear Reader For a change Im writing a letter to you This letter is by way of explanation of what this weeks Era contains in this our Centennial Edition the 26th issue of our year of con tinuous publication This means that The lira is years older than Canada and for me to be the editor on this occasion is an honor and a privilege only hope that you enjoy reading this Centennial Edition a fl mixture of 1967 and as much as I enjoyed editing it It would be remiss of me if I did not express my thanks to Mr Cooper of the Ontario Archives who so kindly and courte ously loaned me the editions of the Newmarket Era Readers V8 I Crl wonder if tlus could be the March madness todays Hut for the Ontario Archives the publication of these Newmarket Eras would not have been possible as our old news paper files were destroyed in a fire several years ago Alas our files at Charles St only date back to At the top of this page is a reproduction of our countrys con On Page theres an article which slates with Hoji as premier after Con federal inn arc free to danger is ainrehended The article with regard tu celebrating the ay of Confederatinn far as Newmarket is concerned we- it is intended to Mr Rogers swings for the lads and lasses to enjoy themselves i I A great deal of thought was put into what The Eras Centennial Edition should contain News Editor Gil Shepherd and I discussed reprinting old photographs and asking oldtime resi dents to write articles about what their fathers and mothers told them life was like in the Newmarket district years ago We discarded this because this information would all be second hand Instead we decided to reprint the Newmarket Eras editions of lime 28 and July better way to chronicle the times than a newspaper published in What better way to chronicle the thoughts the feelings the commercial pulse of northern York Countyjn than to publish the two editions of the Newmarket June 28 and July What better way could we tell you of what times were like when our beloved country was born I hope you like this 100yearold mixture an accurate of life In blended with a report I biased of the life of This edition of The Era will Im sure become Collectors item Canada celebrates her birthday It may be even a rare publication within years for where short of govern ment archives can you find 200 yeans of history all tied up in a few pages of newsprint Most countries have a flag before they are born or very soon after We Canadians had to wait almost years patience is typical of our Canadianism We are not a people to move hastily and irrationally but I personally wish we had had a flag ago That beautiful red and white maple leaf is our flag and Im proud of it and wilKfight to the death for it article da hi grove erect swing with and have a kind ot general reAmim Editor Jackson and the good people of were not exactly delirions federation in 1867 And on Page tor- then conthnies in ly Meanwhile hack to it first In perusing the eight pages times see many six or seven interesting and amusing articles and advertisements rea dvertiseincitts the best in the A about May I commend a few to you in make short work who sell f without license the of fenders are the case proven Hot and they are fined and sent to jail if