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V -s- nips By Ginger Slim has been con templating the moon It ys In article I read that some of rocket experts think we will be able to get to the moon before long Slim said the other day I think I would like to go to the moon he mus ed- cant see any benefit get ting to the moon would be I What would you do when you got there They say its just a barren dry sphere Slim had been reading about the big eye the 200inch Hale telescope at the in California The spirit of adventure In had been stirred by pictures of the moons surface with tower ing peaks as high as Everest and deep dark pits and valleys have been lookin at the moon for thousands of years would Just like to get there for once to turn around and take a look back Slim said Well I still cant see any point in getting to the moon Anyway not all of these experts agree I pointed out Some of them say that with the type of fuel we have now you would need a rocket ship the of the Queen Mary to get out of the gravitational pull of the Earth I think anyone who wants to go to the moon is an escapist cried Slim You Just aint got the spirit of venture What sort of a world would this be if Columbus had listened to what some of the people said We would still From the Fifes be a half a world No sir I fore see a lunar adventure before long is something cold and awful about it I dont like it It has a sinister significance Maybe you would turn into a lunatic if you went to the moon or a pillar of green cheese Lunartics aint really affect ed by the moon Thats ah old belief Slim said i I would like be the first to explore the crater he continued or raise the flag some remote knoll in Blan- I would be a great ex plorer Instead of bein called the discoverer of Antarctica like or like Lawrence of Arabia or Kitchener of or I would be Bliggens of the Moon Or the Bat Stan I added Scoff as you miht it will be us leaders of discovery thai will get our names the scien tific journals and reports and into the history books The next moon excursion which comes along I will be first in the ranks of the volunteers Slim solemnly swore I would be sorry if you got lost on the eyebrow of the man in the moon or Clavius as you call it I said On the face of it you wouldnt have a chance of survival I warn against it Give up this insane idea of yours Come back down to earth again But will have it that he is moonbound Maybe he will recover in the New Year and SO YeatsAgo Mr Q of To ronto was in town on Wednes day and called- upon his son Mr Millard Ave v Mr of Winnipeg is the guest of his sister Mrs Booth and will sing in Trinity United church next Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Smith and children Mr and Hoy Smith all of spent Christmas day with their aunt and cousin Toole and Mr Swindells Mr and Mrs and daughter Vancouver nee Miss Greta were guests of her ster a my or two last week Mr Cavers Marshall left for Toronto Tuesday to take his scat as representative of York in the Boys Parliament Master Armstrong w- New Toronto is spending some of his vacation with his grand mother Mrs Mr Fred Smith from icy spent Christmas in New market with his sister Mrs Susie Toole of Detroit is spending the with his sisters on Niagara St Mr and Mrs Frank spent Christmas weekend at Mr and Mrs Doyle of Wcibnd spent Christmas holi days with relatives in town Mr Vernon Noble of is spending a weeks vacation with friends In Newmarket Mr and Mrs Silas VanLuven spent with their daughter Mrs Jo Hope Pine Orchard S Mr and Mr A Evans have closed their summer ho- lei in Parry Sound District and returned home for the winter and Mrs J If Collins spent Christmas holidays with their son at HANDING JANUARY 1M3 While playing on Fairy on Christmas day Master Roy Lush got an ugly clip across the head with a hockey stick It laid him out for a few min utes and required quite a strip of plaster to close the wound Mr Charles and son Indians from Snake Island have built a wigwam in Wil liams bush and expect to stay for a couple of months Mr R Wooding of Ash land is spending a couple of weeks visiting relatives and friends in Newmarket and Bar- Mrs Thornburn of Buffalo cousin of Miss and Mrs McMillan of Sharon an other cousin have been visiting for a few days Sir and Mrs Williams and baby Mrs J Ham Mr J ONeill and ion Mrs and baby of Toronto also Miss of are visiting at the PowerHouse There were at the Christ mas gathering at Mr it All the Montgom ery boys were here except Mr Montgomery A Peregrine of Green- castle writes Mrs Peregrine cannot get along without the Era and I find much of inter est in it It takes a long time to efface old memories and it is absolutely impossible to for get as long as we read your good paper I wish you and all old friends a Happy New Year Mri and Mrs A very Vernon and their three children from spent Christmas with her father Mr John Rogers Mr Cane and are moving into their new man sion this week George was here from for Christ mas holidays Miss Mabel Pressor returned for Christmas after a visit of several vceks with her sister Mrrf Lehman In Toronto AT HANOVER a and Express Pages from Serving Aurora end of North York 1052 Express Herald Published every Thursday of Main St by fro Express for wo for fa advance Singh ore eocri Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the Bureau of Co- Avlhorttedas Second Class Mail Past Office isr JOHN Ky CAIUHINI ION Mi0f y lAWRlNCi Job Printing and THM L PAGE PAGE TWO WEDNESDAY THE THIRTYFIRST DAY OF DECEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYTWO i a full unit inspection and by the 1st Canadian Highland Battalion In their colorful kilts at Hanover Germany B Rutherford QBE right of Winnipeg is 0m handing over of the to H A Parker left ceremony took piece on the snowcovered There were no thoughts about the motor car when town fathers of Newmarket saw Main Street grow- up in the horse and buggy days Today residents of Newmarket appreciate the outoftown motorists terror in meeting an oncoming vehicle as he squeezes two rows of parked ears on narrow Main St hill Newmarket motorists have become adept at easing through tight spots at noon or five They just take a deep breath and press through or patiently wait until a trucker moves his van and releases the flow of traffic We are old hands at the Main St run but what must it be like for a stranger I The pedestrians have their too Who has not been delayed on the narrow sidewalks by a traffic- jam of baby carriages oh a Thursday or Friday after noon the day after payday for many housewives in Newmarket And anyone who is wheeling a set of twins downtown must have a more difficult time of it A rushing pedestrian is bound to hit either a fellow pedestrian a parking meter or a baby carriage if he is not careful enough Citizens of Newmarket have accepted Main St It is just part of our old town Merchants are happy as long as it is crowded and some say that its narrowness is an advantage A narrow street always looks crowded and crowds attract more people some say The great est complaint however is the shortage of parking space Even though three municipal parking lots are provided off the back streets it is still difficult to find an open ing on a Saturday night Every bit of space counts on our Main St Members of council Hie town engineer and an engineering con- have studied Main St and the face lifting start next spring will make use of every inch of space which has hitherto been wasted The indication from present plans is that there will be a slight gain by motorists in wider pave- and a slight loss to pedestrians in walks However what might be a slight loss in streets may be a terrible mLstakc on Main St Newmarket How do we know that the officials have not measured the or width of the average baby carriage Would it hot be a blunder if on the projects completion it were discovered that two baby carriages could not pass without colliding in some sec street- Some businessmen on Main St and armchair engin eers have indicated disapproval of cutting down on the width of sidewalks After all they say we cant do business if people cant walk past bur windows with ease Otheis the modernists say that after all it is the ago of the motor car and it should be given There is much to contemplate this Main St problem Council previously indicated that it would call a meeting of all the merchants of Main St and dis cuss the proceedings ami plans date there has been no further mention of an open meeting for public discussion There would to countless numbers of opinions on the subject and in end the advice have lo be followed but such a meeting would bo worth while Businessmen and property owners could air their views and com plaints It would be better lo hear the complaints about plans before the work is done rather than afterwards and council would he able to argue that everyone had a chance to say his piece BETTER AT HOME A district resident told about his experiences of shopping for a necktie in the downtown area of Toronto since Christmas He related how it took him a good half hour lo find a place to park Then he had to walk a considerable distance to a department store m It took a good deal of time to locale the department where lie wanted to make his purchase and oh arrival ho waited minutes on him The Christinas was oyer I still wasted valuable time Its a lot Jess trouble shopping in We actually heard It should bo an in Newmarket Most of tepa8ior to buy at home and the iiirin is far less in spite of a house wives arid w most items nothing is gained by travelling to the city If reports of increased volume of business Main St thesd past fori shopping at lias something to with it THE YEAR AHEAD As Canadian business stands at the end of a year an overshoulder glance shows to have been a lot more prosperous than many had dared to expect the Financial Post says The past months have been the must prosperous in our history Of course there been a few weak spots But the total value of the production of goods arid ha topped all previous records Labor income retail sates- total investmentsall are the highest ever j has this nieant these years of Today despite high prices and high taxes there is more for each Canadian to spend as he pleases than there was in Thats tsi real taking into account higher prices AlwsijSi however the question comes How long the prosperity theVevergettingbiggei last The year now gone has- proved a lot of things which should instill confidence for the future The heaviest buying spree on record was induced not by any panic but by the desire of Canada to enjoy the comforts of life and the availability of the money and the credit with which to buy them They jammed the stores not from fear of war or threat scarcities but by their own wills their desires for goods and sound of cash jingling in their pockets Demand and supply came more line Generally speaking prices stopped rising Many dropped More competition at home and abroad forced more efficiency and that trend is likely to accelerate hi the months ahead high priced Canadian dollar made competition in foreign markets particularly Tlie level of investment in will likely be as as in But there Within totals industries have a bo t completed their expansion plans for the present And no one knows what will come in thpyeai after Defence spending though will be shifting its emphasis Lower agricultural prices have affected farm buying- Canada has a lot of foreign trade eggs in the US basket At the a vital stake in our exports to soft money countries We always must will they continue On balance a solid floor of pros- ahead for Canada in Prices are not likely to move very much either way The food dollar should buy a little more Some commodities in for declines as new capacity comes into operation A few prices wiHnsOv But nothing properly called re cession is in the picture as of All this assumes of con that bur friends to the south do not talk themselves into psychopathic troubles Wo look back on a year of great material progress And we look ahead to one May the same be said for the progress of Canadians in the ways of increased understanding more human kindness and real success in the real business of living which cannot be measured hi terms of dollars or statistics FOR are hen in agreement With the Financial Post which has spunied the now immi gration act which limit potential new to the I country The Post says that American product that Canada would bo wise neither to import or imitato is the act Ihiae From almost every angle It is- an example to avoid it is of the bulkiest bills ever to como before Congress pearly a of small type or iyaleht of a fat novel are required lb print the and the rules That fact itself means the act will be of confusion for of and immigrants alike President Truman vetoed bill and both in the last election promised to make changes in But in the it is law lawyers are still confusing details one thing is certain This bill finally and reverses American traditional immigra tion policy It puts a waif all around the United States pp ill lie by Virtually all classes and of immigrants must sponsored by potential the latter there must proof laborer talent is not already available in the United States That means tho end of natural flow of p pie Che overcrowded continent of Kuropo to jiinU of jfiei vV Whether or cau rio strength from peoples we leave to its legislators For Canada such a iustrictiVP policy would bo folly As the new year approaches we keep thinking of the fact that will be the beginning of the second century in the existence of the and Ex press in Newmarket The year marked the centenary anniversary of the paper We recall that this fact was mentioned In a news story and editorial early in the year but there was no spread about it no special centenary issue of the paper v There have been a number of well known editors that time and on contemplating the centuryold tradition of Era and Express of only three months service at the desk at times have a slightly less than trepida tion at the approach of What will it have in store for us But as we have said before the Era and Express has given years of continuous service and any editor who has aver- age ability and the desire to improve his newspaper arid give greater service to the community cannot go top far wrong It would take a poor editor to weaken the position of the newspaper in the com munity Remembering that the news- paper which receives good ser vice from its editor will serve the community well we take this attitude in our approach to the new year We do not treat this responsibility lightly If we did treat it lightly we would be getting more rest than we have been getting these past three months New Years Is the time when we all square our shoulders take a good look into the fu ture and decide that we will do better than we have done in the past We become very humble We recollect the mis takes we have made in the past and promise ourselves that we will avoid them In the future Through experience we know that we will have the oppor tunity of recognizing the dan gers of mistakes in advance To all our friends who have helped us in these first months of work at the editorial desk we extend thanks To column ists contributors correspond ents and all the people who help to put out this paper we say we are sorry for any acci dental injustices done them in our new position We look forward to their continued as sociation in new year To all our readers we wish a Happy New Year The Top Six Inches by Dairy Farmer This is to wish you all a Hap py New Year Of course this is easy to say and it gives everybody an opportunity to read Into the meaning of the word happy to suit his or her convenience But just what we really mean by a Happy New Year Isnt so easy to de fine Personally op on the list for happiness is health for our family and friends and all of us health to do what we should do and health to enjoy ad the things in our life and job that a re there to enjoy Then next to this we would put the ability to enjoy things when they are there to enjoy to get a lift out of our associa tion with others to look at the bright side of things and the good that Is In everybody so that we can appreciate It forget ami overlook and for give that which isnt so good- would put material suc cess In third place because It will riot make anybody happy unless two assets are present Undoubtedly we will be all concerned with what the New Year will bring us We all know that materia success in fanning will bo harder to come by and harder to earn More horns of labor will have to go Into each milk cheque and more pigs will have to be sold for same Return But even this problem isnt altogether hopeless we organize and stick together and thus make our presence felt whore our voice will count most I The now year should bring a new and better organized effort in this direction Last year it took a lime to recover from the blow that struck us The real effects hadnt start ed to sink until the end of the year when cattle started to come off the pasture and fall milk flow the re sults of lack of export We suspect looking at the full stables and the larger num ber of cattle in general that the darkest hour Is yet and It will cot somewhat worse yet before It improves By keeping our head and doing some culling and sacri ficing we will come through it all that is if the leadership of our farm organizations will do some hard thinking and if we take the trouble and effort to make our views ami position known to the general public Wo will have to make it clear to the consumer that the present improvement in their food budget is due alone to the sacrifice of one group the farmer and that the fanner doesnt or hasnt as yet receiv ed anything In return for We will have to tell the gov ernments concerned both fed eral and provincial that If they attempt to place the entire load for prosperity on the shoulder of the farmer it fill cost them more and the nation too in erosion depletion of the in years and generations to come temporary relief to the worker will turn into a short affair with years of hangover to follow through our a lions wo will have to warn the more levelheaded leaders of industry and labor that unless they are willing to take some of the load from the farmers shoulders heir present pros perity will turn Into something resembling the thirties be and will be a good year for a lot of its if we are all willing to contribute tort We will also resolve to never lose our 7 temper at meetings and to count ten be fore talking pat everybody on the back before taking tin aim at the seat of their pants to cut the lawn before It gets too long and take out the ashes before the furnace gets too full to put up the storm wind ows good time and take them of t when requested and to write our column in lime please note Happy New Year to all again It is a year that doesnt look too easy from this dist ance Hut neither Is it hope less and in the final reckoning It will be just what our own wish and good Judgment will make It BELIEVED TO HOLD WORLD WHEAT RECORD Wl -i- Mf not mo for f on tight ttftr In and national it of taf to of rott J the brothers John George and William of St Mary are believed to hove smashed the world wheat growing on their farm in Norfolk and as a result will be visiting tho VS next spring to explain to American farmers how they produced 1317 bushels of wheat an acre this spokesman for the brothers was surprised and candid ebout the record yield Of course it is possible to do said nobody knows credited soil wheat good luck with coWbutiii i- W3a -i-ii-