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THE BRA WED JUNE VOL 118 NO 24 Editorials Hospital crisis Northern York Countys Hospital bed shortage is desperate York County Hospital administrators say and the hospitals statistics certainly back this up the hospital provides beds per population in the area The provincial average is beds per and hospital exports say is the accepted minimum people needing elective surgery operations that arent too critical to be needed immediately must wait up to four months for bed Urgent surgery cases have a three or four week wait single so far this year has been lOfif per cent that means there were six per cent more operations performed than there are beds available dm ins that in the surgical ward Hospital experts term any hospital occupancy the per cent mark far higher than is safe or acceptable York County Hospital officials this need and planned a 10 million shelved the Northern Ilp This program has been County is in a building boom subdivisions are going up in Aurora Newmarket and Fast and iu4 last week developers were before North planning board seeking clearance for a million development at Keswick More sub divisions for the area are on the drawing boards When these homes sell their new owners will be dependent on York County Hospital for medical protection Queens Park should say now when their giants will be available Then area planning boards and councils and hospitals can govern them selves accordingly in approving new developments Keeping up The business of educating our children like any other big enterprise must change constantly to keep up with the times Thais what is happening now in York County Changes have been seeping through the system during the past few years but they will get their greatest impetus from the new county administration However the innovators at the new York County Hoard headquarters are quick to point out people neednt fear sudden imposed changes that will throw little Johnnys school work into a tizzy Discipline will be relaxed in some areas sure but only if a student can work best with the added freedom and flexibility they If an individual either student or teacher finds he can perform best in a more regimented atmosphere there will still be a place for him in the system So theres no cause for alarm SUGAR SPICE By BUI Smiley Talk about wild weekends Having one 18yearold daughlei the pi ice is enough to turn you white before your time as I can verify For most of last week we had three and its quite One of them had auburn brown eyes and freckles This was one way we could tell our own from the others who also had brown Another was that they we slouch around id iijed j hist oldest shirt Early this spring one of organized trip for his students during he vacation Washington be cause they were studying Ameri can history It was a success They saw numerous historic sites and visited a high school in that There they were warmly received As kids will they res ponded with Why dont vou come to Canada and visit us some time You know how this happens Youre from home at a wedding with the two prettiest chicks from that entire high school Sheila and Caroline It was 1 pm theyd been shy Hut we got along shooed them off to bed The next three days and nights were enough to kill any body over The first day they visited our school and completely disrupted the schedule which every one enjoyed thoroughly time our two guests had lost all shyness and were giggling and talk ing frantically about what they were going to wear for five dif- all three got in at three Remember these kids They wore used to concrete like and vowing that you must of each other throw out one of these meaningless invitations Then one day a strange car full of strange people pulls up at your house A couple and four kids get out Your wifes hair is up in curlers You have a twoday beard and smell like a goat after mowing the lawn Yep its Elsie and Herb the couple you met at the wedding except that you cant remember their names And they were just coming this way on a trip and thought theyd drop in and say full Well thats what hap pened Our history teacher got a letter saying that students and four teachers from the Washington school were arriving is unite I All they needed was billets and a would exhaust an elephant historical concert dance boat trip rides And There was no problem there Our own kids were practically fighting the visitors One girl who and asphalt and apartments And here they were in a small town with green grass and blue water everywhere Ami houses on big lots with frees and shrubs and lawns and lilac bushes Saturday night was the grand finale with a beach party for the visitors and their hosts about people There must have been at it as every teeny who could gel out to the beach gatecrashed the party I know because took the girls out to it and promptly lost them in the happy milling mob Party ended at five left at In the am that is My wife kissed the girls They gave us a thoughtful present lugged all the from Washington I took them freely and kids addresses I got a big hug and kiss from Sheila and Caroline stuck Ml I 1111 In for a few desperatelyneeded winks Four nights and throe days of people meeting other people J I IcmwwkwJi THE Readers ERA Dear Editor am glad to sec that Aurora Council is finally going to do something banning park ing on Yonge St Several Sundays ago to drive south fro to visit some friends the south end of Aurora got to around St Andrews College There it slopped and we and crawled all the way through the town The backup was caused by about two cars parked on the west side of Yonge St across from the old post office lanes for miles and miles and then for about two miles cut it down if parking is to just one lane I hope council doesnt dither too long on banning Sun day puking on Yonge St id glad of it The term cop is a Its much like calling a or a wop Dear Editor I have spent 5 in the last week for flat tire repairs In ised each case the broken glass came from those new no no return hollies My service dent tells me that he i- fixing flat before all by these new bottles The ditches aie tilling up I think they should be Mrs F Hell sometimes phone sometimes letter is not always kind Fre quently it is a scathing ruthless criticism of something Ive written frequently it is a gentle ich of pedanlr the noted historical i liul I wouldnt have il other way An ounce of con- worth a pound ultimate Hie thought that 1 should see nothing wrung in the Although she didnt main words I was left with the distinct feeling tint fin hung up fulh no to he a dirty old man Well Im afraid must stick to my guns lady Human instinct prevents me from seeing anything distasteful in a young the mate eye than a youthful fe male form in perfect or near per fect symmetry And one can appre ciate such natural art work much mine when it is not inhibited by layers and layers of there is one point dear ladv which in brought to my attention which although it wont make me alter my previous conviction at least tempts me to qualify it When you mentioned that yon were trying to discourage your fifteen old daughter who is short chubby and of a rather un gainly shape from wearing micro skirts you created an interesting When I said I could see nothing wrong with young girls weiring bikinis and micro skirts 1 was thinking specifically of young ladies who possessed the figures to show such miniapparel off to full advantage Unfortunately not all young girls arc blessed with such perfect dimensions And yet dictates of fashion to conform to the rules of the establishment Il is not assumed that these ladies are stupid know full well that shouldnt It iring these things lint what can thev do If they show the lltleil I lit lot bed what does them just to he in And if there is the odd reactionary young ladv who has the figure to wear the micro skirl but prefers Hie longer look she will forced to go through life hear th delible slai of the abandon one fashion in favor of another Why not endeavor to have two fashions namely the long and the short running simultane ously In this way young ladies would he free to choose the fashion licit suits them and still be in style If Ihis could be achieved the etiological effect alone would he well worth the effort A stitch in time gather- This of do with I the not on ml I I mother that I didnt even know Intuit officers wert still in exist I thought they went out with slates and chalk Vint now he Era Truant officer in fired What i thi- Ik old old reverberated to the joyous yells of a billion kids And now I hey tell us they are to he replaced being lommced by a soci ologist that remaining in the class room is more fun than sneaking