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WED MAY IKS VOL SO Editorials South vs North The charge by of York County has extreme On one we are virtually every local governing body that schools costs are the reasor for skyrocketing taxes Bat in this instance we are told that the higher commercial- levies make it possible for the southern areas to go in for gimmicks Perhaps we in the North are just as well off without these school bills educational standards E F II In any event we can be justly proud the quality of the teachers we employ The fear of the southern municipalities that their own educational level might be diluted by the tax dollar being more equitably distri buted with northern neighbors underlines the all too prevalent money- mad mentality which only too often governs the thinking of decision time we all realized that the best educational system can not necessarily he purchased by the almighty dollar but that much depends on the motives and dedication of those on whom we place the respon sibility of teaching our young The fact quite evident that there is no substantial difference in the standards of education between the north and south sections of the comity Why not quit In politics the name of the game is Win Bat for the New Democratic Party in Canada the name of the game is Try And in and YorkNorth the name of the game seems to be Try a Little NDP leader Tommy Douglas admitted on television over the week end that his party could not possibly form the next government after the June election This defeatist attitude has infiltrated right through the ranks of the local riding associations especially in York County Several months ago at YorkNorth provincial annual meeting Stephen Lewis for Scarboro west and a resident of Newmarket and his partys Ontario deputy leader assured delegates that the NDP would sweep the riding through money and super organization He predicted the party would recruit one percent of the ridings eligible votere before the next election He added that John Brown also a Newmarket resident would knock on doors for the candidate in the next Federal election Theres no sign of this because of the fart that the candidate is hardly known in the riding and there was even a move prior to last weeks nomination meeting not to field a candidate at and throw all the riding strength behind the Liberals YorkNorth Federal candidate Jack Grant is little known and stands little chance of being elected If the does not want to play the game of politics to win it should throw in the towel SUGAR SPICE By Bill Smiley Stop the world Sometimes you feel like Atlas trying to carry the world on your shoulders With a slipped disk and and an arthritic knee what can you do You cant And you cant set it down for a rest You know you could never This is the predicament in which the average middleaged husband and father finds himself most of the time Thats the fellow you find wand ering dazedly in a supermarket or blundering through a swamp try ing to catch a seveninch speckled trout or playing golf with intense ineptitude If you ask him hell swear that quite over the hill yet him and quiz him youll find that hes not only over the hill but sliding down the other side so fast therell be nothing but a left when he hits the What do you really think about that old bedroom suite We bought it on sale 15 years ago As far as Im concerned its fine Theres a raised platform called bed on which to sleep and a driver Its perfectly adequate What do you do in a bedroom anyway except to go to sleep and get up and stumble around in the morning I ask in all honesty She other bedroom is handy for Like putting ladies coats in when you have a party Or cutting your toenails in But my wife feels it doesnt have tone class elegance or practically anything worthwhile its a place to sleep Exactly my point Her ideas run toward a new bed room suite fresh decorating and a lot of other things that arent going to make me sleep or do any thing else any better than I do in the present shabby lovable little for example with a new bedroom suite in the background I cant see that a new eggshellblue interior is going to make me look or feel any I fail to realize that is going to give me anything but a big bank loan It certainly isnt going to make me spring out of that new sack every morning carol ling Here hath been dawning another Think wilt thou let it slip useless Its not really that Im an old curmudgeon Its just that Ive been through it before We once started out with a new sink in the bathroom Eventually I wound up with something resembling a sul tans bath chamber in black and pink and debt up to my ears Just to cheer old Alias up this week Kim has been diagnosed as But to have a sick didnt say anything about argu ing or being snippy or throwing cold water on her parents hopes and plans for her If you hear a tremendous thud one of these days Atlas has Are you Throckmorton THIS may be our as THE Readers ERA Dear Editor On behalf of the Executive of the Newmarket Lions Music Festi val I would like to express our sincere gratitude for the splendid assistance and cooperation in pub licizing our annual Lions Music Festival this year We feel that your coverage of this important event in our years activities was of great value and an important contribution to the success of the festival Many thanks to those Sincerely yours Charles N Williams Corresponding Secretary Dear Editor I wish to thank you for your Aurora office use help ed York Hangers Cadet program along and the boys were quite proud of their display Your Mrs was very helpful in a most pleasant way Major Dear Editor On behalf of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children and associ ated Easter Seal service clubs I take pleasure in extending warm est appreciation to your newspaper for the superb publicity focused on our 1968 Easter Seal Campaign It is only through this continued interest and support that we are able to relate the many important physical needs of thousands of crippled youngsters in Ontario and in the end provide greater opportunity with independence Denis Chairman Provincial Easter Seal Committee Dear Editor One thing North Township doesnt need more outlets for liquor and beer Councillors Wallace Donnell and D J Davidson are to be com mended for opposing putting the opening of beer parlors and cock tail lounges on a plebiscite People who like to drink can do so in their homes and if they insist in drinking in public they are only few miles from these establishments in Sutton Certainly careful consideration should be given to the fact that we are a tourist area and there is a large influx of children dur ing the summer The safety of these children as well as our own come before the profits of these who want to sell J Keswick THIS WEEK By Ray Argyll IT Ball bounces badly A surge of resentment built up across Canada this week against the new American ambassador to the United Nations George Ball In a new book Ball wrote that Canada would be unable to survive as a separate nation US can influence if it is not to lose its dominance at the UN The Canadian reaction to Rail was a mixture of wounded pride and wellfounded logic Canadians countered with the claim that we realize our nationhood costs us something in material wealth but well never give it up to he part of the American melting pot It was on this very point ironi cally that Ball aimed his most tell ing shafts You Canadians he said in effect will eventually swallow your pride and come into the Am erican union so as to enjoy the bountiful blessings of American living If this was all there was to it one would be on risky ground to Canada Ball in bis book The Discipline of Power is Presidents Johnson and Ken- Ball argues that Canadians will eventually get tired of putting up with inferior living standard Theyll join the US he says to enjoy higher opportunities and better conditions The initial Canadian reaction is that such a claim is nothing new Americans have been i of independence was written It hasnt happened yet and its not likely to happen now these Cana dians argue Such faith in Canadian nation hood is reassuring but perhaps it is going to have to be based i practical grounds to endure Perhaps as Ball says Canadians will eventually give up the fight against the a ii political This Is a way of describing a full takeover of Canada This will lumpen live next In a with times their population and It times their national produce he Hull Canadian to maintain national integrity Is a worthy But he says quarters that of the US that the si niggle is n losing one The new ambassador a burn was No man In the US State department before his tir in lflitf after having serv- the defense against an g American takeover can be put on more practical grounds It is that thinking Canadians want no part of the staggering problems of mod- America race riots decay- ing cities and a selfdefeating for- Despite the production j tics living standards consist of than dollars and cents The tranquility of society the security of our streets and the general of the national character must be taken into g Canadians profit from economic interchange with the we derive most of the benefits of a continental economy But as a separate nation we suffer little funds for world relief Thousands million of their citizens from chronic hunger and an other million from poverty Mr Ball that about living The year Is 2000 Mat Hired from Queen Street to cemetery large tracts of land Davit Drive anil all of the olde between Muri Av trill and Lome Avenue with storeys high lifllalna population density At rail to Hi old OfIce build Pencil Urban War Leather and Hi old buildings the railway tracks and the Holland are long gone relocated along Highway 3rd and ltd In their place along the rive it bank Is parkland grass gardens walkways and grounds The tracks no longer carry freigh through the reconstructed business district and the surround high density residential These are now diverted the Industrial area east of Sutton Road The Did railway righl ofway has been reconstructed accommodate a high speed mo rail system which replaced GO train The new vehicle travel En excess of miles pi hour end carry commutei from this area to Metro in les than 20 minutes including time fc stops Your children now ing in concrete boxes very to what we saw Habitat bac in in Montreal Only very wealthy can now purehas a house a single dwelling constructed upon a vately owned site before tr year that the Condominium ing Act was finally given a reading After years of the new legislation an individual to own a sing unit of a multiple housing con plex Your son along with his owners has at reasonable cost h own residence in such a ment plus an equity in the groin sits on and equity in facilities such as hallways tors underground garages dry rooms storage areas gym sauna baths swimming pools lam scaped courts and terraces Mortgage payments include pri and interest taxes hea water and a share of costs Carrying charges are no 10 to 15 per cent less than rent rates for comparable tion since there is no landlord require a return on his equity Your grandchildren in rece years have actually tasted re meat rather than the synthetic developed by the in 196 which became so tors of per cent of the best far land back in years between and Ontario was filled with ten and wonder why it took the Fe Government so long to reali that housing was a national pro THE ERA Serving York Count Since Incorporating THE POST THE HERALD DAVID R HASKELL Publisher TERRY CARTER Managing Editor GEORGE News Editor DOUGLAS REGAN Advertising and Business Manager Published every Wednesday at 30 Charles St Newmarket Ontario by the Newmarket Era Express Company Limited Subscriptions for two years for year Single copies 10c each Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorized as Sec- Class Mai by the Post Office Ottawa for the payment of I postage in cash Phone Newmarket I 30 Charles 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