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The Em Oat Wed January THE ERA Serving York County Since DAVID HASKELL Publisher DONALD MARTINDALE TERRY CARTER JOHN He Editor A judicial district deserves a fulltime judge also became the Judicial District of York The Region also embraced all planning roads water sewage health ice departments on that date Steps have been taken by the Regional Council to appoint heads of these depart- and people to staff them They are operating efficiently But the Regional Council can do nothing except by persuasion and resolution to one gap in the Regional Government set- That is the appointment of a resident The Regions judicial responsibility shared at present by a number of County judges who hear criminal cases in Newmar ket and Richmond Hill These judges usually serve three months in either the Newmarket or Richmond Hill courts and are then transferred elsewhere in the province mostly to Metro Toronto It would save the Regions taxpayers ney if there were a resident judge More important it would make for better of justice if there It is only Judges tin that Provincial dent j Judicial Distri should use a little the Provincial resident judge for the Lets back drive to put commuters on the track Ab Campbell has launched the most effort yet towards getting a rail muter service for this area on the tracks The Metro chairman has invited repres entatives of all three levels of government i his own the province and Ottawa to sit down with the railways and face the lems that for years have faced proponents of a rail commuter service from Metro north- stimulant for the area north of Metro city officials showed little or no interest Nov they have suddenly realized that all the people who been forced to drive cars into the city to work day are creat ing gigantic parking problems even bigger NEWSNOTES It has dawned on our city cousins that is cheaper to provide a rail service even it must be subsidized than to go on digg- subways and paving We or course couldnt agree more In fact it sounds very much like one of the arguments weve been using for years We commend Mr Campbells initiative to our own York Regional Council We hope it and chairman Garfield Wright will get sol idly behind the Metro chairmans drive Mr Wright might even wrangle an invitation to that meeting later this month Are public matters going private in King aice In a township still reverberating from a r of open discussion endless delegations and downright donnybrooks the first bu3J- meeting of the 1971 King Township council was viewed from the press table dis appointing and perhaps even a little frighten ing Clearly if this meeting is an example of whats to follow council intends to take many matters into committee and hence out of the Belles of York By Robert While This Is Keswick She is is in finite II Sutton liii 1111 the school glee works part lime 111 North II her lime she iiltcnils junior hockey unities unit the BILL SMILEYS SUGAR AND SPICE This space is reserved for the comments opinions and drawings of The Eras read ers Please feel free to send yours- along All we ask is that you include your name and address community The respon- enjoying a happy Dear Editor Followingisthe New market Lions Club in the coming years financial statement of our Christmas Basket campaign for 1970 Cost of Christmas Total Donations Deficit If any of Campaign Chair Please send donations to Victoria Grey Trust Company public eye To be fair Mayor Ken eight years on council is the sum total of experience in elected position All six coun cillors are brand new at the game As one of them put it to this reporter after the meot- Give us a chance Were just getting nixed We hope gentlemen that this is One councillor has referred to the cur rent approach as streamlining in the inter ests of efficiency Hut councillors should be reminded that they are elected officials re presenting people not machines And people seldom enjoy an assembly line approach to he handling of their problems politics and the approach should have long since fled the scene and are hardly compatible with the theory of participation adopted by both federal and provincial gov ernments Mayor Dick of neighboring Aurora stressed the importance of public participation in his recent inaugural speech At Kings own inaugural past Councillor Gor don liowe now a Hill representa tive cited Kings tremendous public partici pation a highlight As soon as you close off It matter goes underground unit is suspect As discussion last Tuesday was deferred until the closed meeting of January 11 I found myself dwelling wistfully on the open discussion policy of the Gordon Cook era or perhaps brisk exchange between the det ermined Margaret and Gordon alias the North Wind so named for his loudly but publicly voiced opinions Those were good days for a reporter One of the new councillors put It this way Tuesday What are wo supposed to do provide an entertainment group No gentlemen you arc not Hut on the other hand is fair to keep the ticketbuyers out of the stands until after the games over Mayor Ken did provide us with several moments of optimism last Tues day and wo sincerely hope hell continue with the strength to combat inevitable forces received al letter and contribution please ask them to ignore this let ter and accept our sin cere thanks and Charitable donations are a very personal mat ter and if your readers received our appeal and elected to direct their donations elsewhere this too is appreciated and may their efforts be blessed However if they were missed or simply overlooked the campaign the above financial state- scale each year by step ping out in faith count ing on the support of our Someoae must have Yesterday we arose with the thought of shop ping today It was a very cold day the car would not start just then the Hydros big service tru ck drove down the road stepped a workman cli mbed the pole out side our fence to sit down to dinner I happened to look out the window and what There al most to the top of the pole was a beautiful lar ge pale green flood light getting brighter every Year is getting along happily for some folks not so happily for oth ers one wonders at the many greetings wished at the beginning and even before on our Chris tmas cards too Wishing you a Happy New Year A very prosperous New Year the friendly gre etings and farewells All the best in the New Year How many are just Sea sons Greetings How a country road no stre et lights except at the beginning of the road the village Our home Is the last one the road terminating at the his feet and blow ing on his fingers the still wont start does not seem to any juice getting through to the I said the power is off in the house too The power was only off about minut es The car finally start ed and so did we down there I had re marked to my husband what a lovely spot to commit a murder which almost did occur in the first months of our resi ding here Thank you Mr Hydro Man Now I know this will be A HAPPY NEW MnSojp Crier Although News Editor John motherhood dilemma which he chronicled in Inst weeks Era may appear at this mo ment like a random experience firmly be lieve that countless thousands of males are going to be caught in the same situation in the future The spiriting momentum of the Womens Liberation Movement is I predict to make It not only desirable but absolutely for all future husbands to hold moth- certificates Curious as to just how many males could qualify for said certificate I have complied It ST AID Describe clearly and without panic the appropriate treatment for any three of the following a Choking on wingnut pried from of baby carriage Illuminating cat with available book of matches c Quenching minisized thirst with unmarked bottle of turpentine lilting visiting vicar on inside of loft thigh 2 COMPOSITION Compose in min utes a story which can be repeated accurately and without nausea approximately times Write an essay on the following maxims LANGUAGES Translate these words a Yawyaw weewee I FAST THINKING CATEGOKY You have taken four children to the supermarket and are three customers at the meat section eying the last decent looking cut observe that one child has all but dislodged the bottom tin of a display I I- child and red peppers Need a cook or a nurse Just call on Smiley Thank goodness for work and routine the best therapy there is in the world we live In I The highlytouted holiday season be enough to make a great many agree with mc Looking back I predicted a quiet And It started out all light Kim ne from college a couple of days early happy Just like her old self Hut each ay her face lengthened as she sorted the mail Nothing for her Day after winter up around Hudson I lay somewhere Nothing She alternated between reviling him glooming about the place Inly bits to her avidly interested mot he the thing that really killed her was that in the name mail she received an equally letter from a young man shes been Irony of it all I lid I i to spend a All serene Then comes a phone call son Hugh from some gudfniesakcn village in deepest He ami friend hrul been in car accident The ear Wat a writeoff lull they were both alive They werent even suppos ed to be coining home Christmas They arrived the next day all lacked up and bruised and and cut The only thing that hadnt been damaged in the accident t win their appetite- They got through about eight pounds our goose Then there was a round of Xrays of calls in insurance adjusters and con- filn- lliit impt- Iiil six idi II I tlt I rig hi the holidays and hadnt Hone a tip study- ing and that others were out of job This was all very good fr niv wifes mid then I all floor eat and drink coffee in continu ous process for hours and never wash a dish their clothes are draped all over the house and the hifi goes at a brain-shatter- log decibel count oil Ibis made her down with what seemed like stomach flu hut to mo was a breakdown She threw up regularly She couldnt eat sleep She bad no She snarled Shu will m pcred As a result was Imder than the prov erbial papeihailger Talking to Kim about her love life Assuring Hugh that he wouldnt die even lb nigh wry lime he coughed it win like arrow in the chest Culling tin Cutting Ales in touch with people felling my wife to get off about the beautiful hands you have if use Ivory soup And didnt have time to watch TV anyway And would come down in the morning to read my paper and find lhat voting gentlemen had seized a section each and were immersed in it and their third cup of coffee Hut the worst thing of all was the com- lilele lack of privacy am not antisocial wife would lie shrilling from her bed Are the dishes done Whos going to vacuum nig There are four loads of washing in the basement I Tin other private moments were when I went shopping And baby I didnt hustle through the supermarket I strolled like a tired tortoise enjoying every voluptu ous moment of It All 111 all its wonderful to ha back to ladder investigating jars of pickles The left outside in its earrings is help ing itself to from the the fourth is traffic to the toy store opposite You need that decent look cut What action do you take TEST oral 1 Slake a noise like Intercontinental ballistic missile e Model Hallway Train e Sick cow 2 One second is given for the answers to each of those ipiestions What is Daddy doing is ho lying down Why is he asleep is he tired Why does he work What is wages What does dammit mean TEST III Practical 1 Reassemble with the aid of bottle of watery mucilage some scotch tape and a blunt screwdriver tho scattered parts of a plastic Sherman tank I A rocket e A doll with moveable eyes A miiiiccmcntmlxer 2 Coax a child in a tantrum the following objects a of manicure scissors b Lipstick Open can of shellac Souvenir from World War 11 e Package of razor blades already wot Deduct marks here tor each flesh Well lhat will have to do for a start To V qualify you must emerge with least a The manages to get per cent will receive a bronzed diaper autograph ed by John