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THE ERA DAVID R HASKELL I Count Since TERRY CARTER Events cast suspicion on EG books Recent events have indicated that East Gwll- Townships bookkeeping system leaves much to be desired This is not a healthy situation for any busi ness but for a municipal government handling public funds it is particularly bad When York Region came into existence in January and Newmarket absorbed East Gwllllmbury Heights Ontario government offi cials were appointed to apportion those assets of the township which rightly belonged to the new citizens of Newmarket These were allotted to the town Some time later when Construc tion Co the Del firm building homes In the newlyannexed northeast section of the town applied for new building permits town officials discovered hat had been re quired by East Township to pay about in lot levy fees to the township inly weeks before the annexation took place tion and parks commissioner Dan Shannon point ed out in his report to the town recreation committee that park fund money held in a rust account for Park hasnt turned up I have learned that there is a fund for the EvansleighJeamiette Park that is still in some ones bank account Because this money justi fiably belongs to he Town of Newmarket 1 r to Newmarket recreation said the men is going through flics given it by auditors Hector Payne and Co regarding the operation of East parks indicating park fund it gives rise to a suspicion that other aspects of the townships municipal finan cing may not be in apple pie order either coming at the end of this depart- The law should be uniform written into law vices to the Del Zotto homes for which East Gwllllmbury had been paid because of the town ships inadequate bookkeeping system Newmarket council complained to the Ont ario Municipal Affairs department and an arbi trator was once again appointed Two weeks ago the final of the towns settlement was approved the same week Newmarket One In which people drowned near Mid land was a case of sheer stupidity The second in which a young Metro man drowned while swimming at a privatelyowned There is no way of legislating against mans stupidity but there must be legislation to pro- vent a resource of what took place at this pri vate lake testify But there seems to be no legislation In this regard governing private lakes which charge admission to the public The same law governing public swimming pools should apply to private swimming areas It is hoped the coroners inquest will urge this and it is hoped that government will act Immediately on the recommendation Old Ontario old buildings The sketch this by the tenantGovernor of 924 as a manorial to those who died in World Wo This space is for the comma opinions and drawings of The Eras re Please feel free send you along All we ask is that you your name and address Object NEWSROOM NOTES terry carter New light on an old figure William Beverly B the typical big fish in a little pond Postmaster trader magistrate and some time legislator it had been assumed that he was the Robinson who stayed home In fact this wasnt so at all It seems is also known as the founder of Muskoka He was the youngest son of a definitely Family Compact family Ills father had been a highly placed royal official In Virginia and New York who was named SurveyorGeneral of Woods and Forests shortly after his arrival in Upper Canada as a United Empire Loyalist one of W older brothers John Beverly became Chief Justice of Upper Canada and key man In the Family Compact and another Peter had a well- paid judicial post at the age of 13 and among BILL his colonizing endeavors was the founding of Peterboro was the youngest of five children Newmarket about they apparently left some of the old Robinson influence behind in York for young William never fell heir to any of the high titles his brothers seemed to accrue The biggest Family Compact jobs W got Justice of the Peace for Whitchurch Town ship and in he became the first postmaster of Newmarket Rut obviously the Robinson name and tla for the area and a Chief Commissioner of the Canada Company AMBLE The virtues of a diary Keeping a diary Is not as fashionable today as It was a few years ago From preVictorlan times until the outbreak of World War II diary- keeping was one of the top ranking escapist hobbles enabling those people with a flair for unabashed sentiment to put away as it were a portion of their secret lives for a rainy day Keeping a diary was considered a relaxing pastime temporarily ridding the heart of a lit tle of its yearning finding expression for the Inexplicable twists of emotion or merely letting off steam The very essence of the diary was its aecretlveness and the spontaneity of content It was not intended for publication and was therefore free from censorship inhibition and the puristic use of The diary was alive a living breathing being rather than an Inanimate leatherbound object It had because of Its secret intimacies developed a character of reality The diary was Its keepers friend it was the psychiatrist to whom he could unleash all his dreaded fears it was the priest to whom he could confess his sins and above all it was the companion with whom he could share a trusted secret Nowadays however diarykeeping seems to have gone right out of style I suppose it Is because of the fast pace of modern living People think and do so many things In one day that they possibly record all of them keeping Is that modern man has a far greater knowledge of the law than did his Victorian counterpart This knowledge enables him to Hunter through life allowing about oneeighth inch margin A diary should It happen to get Into the wrong hands might shorten that margin somewhat Yet despite all this there are still a few people around who keep good Juicy diaries But a not likely to hear about them until they two sets of books So everything balances out in the end I personally would like to see a reintro duction of he diary today In fact Id even go so far as to suggest that diarykeeping be come mandatory We have national library week national brotherhood week Womens Lib So why not have national diary week others diaries That wouldnt be quite fair but Mayor could offer a prize of say to and wonderful experience a diary can be perhaps they would help prevent the custom from fading into oblivion Dont forget the diar ies of today may be the literature of tomorrow Think of Sam Boswell Fanny Burney Anne Frank Lewis Carrol Mark Twain Davy Crockett so help me its the truth John Adams Virginia and myself Yes thats right I keep a diary Thats how I know what a blessing a diary can be in mom ents of loneliness It is a kind of selfportrait of growing up and of growing old an early mill in the community v Fairy Lake was probably Involv- i distillery built by his stepfather and the fur trade which had become the family business The Robinson controlled the fur trade in Newmarket for years using as their artisthistorian Dorothy Clark sparked my interest in last week when she passed on a llltle gem uncovered while holidaying at Port Sydney which ere the stayathome Robinson with discover- She sent along an article by Sun editor J on the early years of that vacation land and it not only credits W with being the discover of Muskoka but the man who named Us three biggest lakes Lake Mus Lake Joseph and Lake Rousseau The furtrading business built by Robinson although based in Newmarket had posts thro ugh what is now our vacation land and probably farther north Mr mentions two one on the west bank of River not far from the lake and the other was on what Is now Yoho Island on Lake Joseph It is only within the past 25 years that the last vestige of the store near was removed and a new summer dwelling erected on its s he gave the three i koka Lakes and the district was the name used by Indians he traded with fol lowers of a great chief Musqua a hero of the War of Lakes Joseph and Rousseau were the Christian and surname of his book keeper Joe Rousseau Eagle St lot Mr prob lem is the urea is for single family hom es on ft tots and he wants to build something bigger on his 40 ft lot May we as occupants of this block William St Andrew St Ellen St Eagle St Strongly recommend that Mr he made to ad here to the bylaws now Why should there be exceptions to the rule if this is allowed they have meetings ev ery week changing laws to suit everyone We this I ft within called to such a commit tec meeting on Mr Has to making his own sin gle family homo regardless and now Its a mess so rents an apartment In rest of the const his home and Is now properly owners building on again enjoy their contend that more such laws exist they be block enforced It was Concerned jested in The Era car- that such violate the law be made to tear them out this too we recommend WRIGHT MA he has stated has been trying to build on It now for a decade surely he knows the laws by now GOULD RANK LEHMAN NEWTON GUEST COLUMNIST Dialogue with the fleeing farmer Date 1072 Location Country road and farm lane Principle Characters Insurance agent and most any farmer Situation Agent drives up and notices old truck being loaded with household furnishings etc and decides to stop and investigate with a view to making a sale Agent Good day Sir Just passing by and notic ed you were at home so thought Id drop in and sell you some crop insurance Farmer Well It shore is nice of you to think of us but we wont be any of that there kind of stuff whatever it is Agent Well Im sorry to hear it How are things going in these parts anyway Farmer They aint goln atall theyre gone Agent You mean the rest of the family went on ahead it appears to me that youre in the pro- Farmer Yep You hit it square on well nearly square on the family went but wife Betty is in the house there record of good times and of bad of joy and It Is the story of your life and of your dead and by hat ti may be dead work late at the office and businessmen Some dont even keep books But then buiinMamen make up for it by keeping the following random from my old wea therbeaten diary July My friend Clarence had his tonsils out today Thatll teach htm to keep his movie Marie Dressier really ought to do something about that figure Belles Then Id belter talk to the new owner a hell surely want to be protected since hes starting out Who is he and where can 1 loct him Farmer It aint he its whoever owns the there farm loan board youd have to deal with Agent Oh I take It then that you Just farming too much and decided to retire I guosj its tough getting help these days especially you have no sons to give you a hand Farmer Nope Twcrent that atall T was that feller they call a bailiff said wed have t move on and I do have a son well Agent My gawd That is too bad I guess you son wasnt Interested In farming Farmer He was too Went down to that ther Agricultural College down to after got that there student loan and learned all the could learn him He talks them big words Hi I cant even say lei alone understand Agent Im glad he was such an apt student he not help you out here after he graduated Farmer Shore did He told me why with her fancy words that this here land wont neve grow to pay the taxes which this he- Regional Government has to have to pay bills He shore was a great help and his is real proud of him Agent I can understand why shes proud of bit but its tough luck that youve lost your fart In the process after all these years How ion have you lived here Farmer All mlfc afore me his afore him but we aint too unhappy nine that there Bailiff offered me a goo job down Ottawa Said I could earn Agent Well that certainly is good news Whs type of work will you be doing I suppose will be in relation to agriculture Farmer Yore partly right and partly They said was going to be put in charge of new department called the Complaint All I had to do was explain to people wh they couldnt get by on this here minimum wag scale and keep them there taxes paid tha Said I had a lifetime of managing without moi and shouldnt have no trouble telling how I did it Agent Well I guess that Bailiff knew he ha the proper man for the Job but wont you awfully busy Farmer Maybe so but not for a month or si Seems like the first job Betty has to do 1 to get onto one of them machines skiing or swimming or something 1 shore they got room down there Ottawa for mBett to grow a few potatoes nall that Wouldnt wan to have to pay them high prices for vegetable through them long Ottawa winters Agent Yes I guess youre right Farmer Yep shore am Well I gotta git goln Here comes Betty with our old chamber poll Glad she didnt It never know about hen strange places So long now End of Dialogue BUI Smiley column is not appearing week but will return next week In Us uiui space