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ages from the Notebook Whatever may be thought about the location whatever may be thought about an out door swimming pool and there are plenty of opinions expres sed the Newmarket swimming pool committee has done a good Job and the construction of the pool nears completion The chil dren will be enjoying the pool this summer But there is one last job which must be completed the raising of a few more thousand dollars to pay all costs The swimming pool committee is staging big draw at the arena on June with in prizes Tickets are selling slowly at present time and citizens are urged to buy them now Mr Stan Smith is ticket convener and tickets also may be purch ased from members of the swimming pool committee Messrs Peter Gorman Charles Ray Bollons Charles and Mr Smith Lets help finish the job for the absence was lack of student cooperation The school becomes bigger schools are like modern indus trial plants these days and the student body becomes larger yet among students at New market high school there are not enough people lo get out a year book Some students profess an in terest in journalism Where were they when it came time to think about a year book If it were lack of technical advice and instruction in writing stor ies we and members of our staff would be happy to give lectures next fall and help with the pro duction of a year But lack of student cooper ation leaves us cold What No high school year book According to our information source there will be no high school year book published in Newmarket Aurora high school year book The Atom came off the presses last week end The reason we were given From the Files of The canvass in for the Canadian Cancer Society did not produce the expected funds It is reported that many of the canvassers who were to have made calls either were en gaged in some other endeavor or did not show up for the pro ject It is not too late to make con tributions The district organi zation has more work to do be fore the project is completed In the meantime residents in New market may make their contri butions at any bank in town 25 and 50 Years Ago I I I I Years Ago May Ten children grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren in addition to many friends gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs George to celebrate their wedding anniversary The bee on Wed nesday at the school was well attended Just the weather planting trees The men set in 200 trees birch ash pine oak and cedar which has improved the scenery of the school grounds Miss Williamson and pupils wish to thank those who helped so generously with this work 25 Holland Landing Holland Landing residents are mystified as to the origin of 30 goldfish captured in the Holland River Saturday by Goodwin son of Goodwin village clerk The fish are slightly larger than the ordinary gold fish seen in aquariums but have the brilliant hue During the past two years residents and transient fisher men have reported seeing fish wiggling through the water Two such fish were caught This year the reports came in more fre quently They stated that these fish were travelling in bunches Young Goodwin went out Sat urday and verified the report Old lime fishermen of the district have two theories as to how the fish came to the Holl and waters They evidently reached the river from a gold fish hatchery west of the In dustrial Home which over flowed in the freshet last spring 25 Mr and Mrs J Harvey of and family motored over on Sunday to see their daughter Miss May Harvey and Mrs R M 25 Miss Mabel Hughes formerly of Newmarket returned to Can ada lost week after spending a few months with her parents in Croydon England She is visit ing her aunt and cousins in Montreal and Nine Records Broken In High School Meet NEWSPAPER Serving Newmarket and the rural districts of North York The Newmarket Era every Thnrsday at SO Charles St Newmarket by the Newmarket and Limited for two years for In advance Single copies ore each Member of Claw A of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorised Second Class Mall Post Office Department Ottawa John Struthcrs Managing Editor Caroline Ion Associate Editor George Masked Sports Editor Lawrence Racine Job Printing and Production THE EDITORIAL PAGE Years Ago May Zephyr The cattle years were completed Saturday night so that our cattle buyer will be able to ship from Zephyr sta tion which will save the farmer a five mile drive with their fat cattle Pine Orchard Two of our girls while driving home from church Sunday afternoon came suddenly to a stop caused by their horse falling and getting badly complicated in the har ness Fortunately no damage was done excepting a splintered shaft a broken bridle and whip Our farmers should provide safer carriage horses for their daughters as severe damage might have been done if it had not been for immediate aid Aurora Banner Mr Towns- end the agent of the Toronto and York Radial Railway at their station here has been transferred to Newmarket While here Mr Townsend proved himself a very efficient man for the position both in re spect to company as well as the public Dr Ernest C Dickson of Or- formerly of this town has been appointed to the house staff of Toronto General hospi tal Dickson who won the George Brown Memorial schol arship for the year just ended has been engaged in research work in pathology at Toronto University Mrs McCormack and little daughter of Pembroke are here on a months visit with her mo ther Mrs W W Playter Mr George Kay son of Jos Kay of Virginia was re cently elected to a full profes sorship in geology in the Uni versity of Iowa During the past three years Prof Kay has been on the faculty of the Uni versity of Kansas His duties begin in Iowa University next September He will spend the summer months in Oregon do ing scientific work for the United States Geological Sur vey NOW IT CAN BE Progressiva Conservative leader John Diefenbaker revealed a deep dark secret at a rally In Midland Oat that brought smites of satisfaction to the few Liberal adherents present Mr baker confessed that as a newsboy of Idol was Sir Wilfrid the liberal prime minuter He particularly admired Wilfrids in paying him for a newspaper at railway They chitted afterwards that roasting Air interest in politic was years later he waging a hot campaign to unseat aided by wife and Frost kit THURSDAY THE TWENTYTHIRD DAY OF MAY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYSEVEN CREDIT FOR CHAMBER A recent dispute over private property rights in the Main Street business section of Newmarket had a num ber of merchants excited An impasse was reached by the parties involved in the dispute The whole business was a private matter between the two parties but it became semipublic when local merchants heard that one of the parties a company owning a large supermarket on Main Street whose name we will not mention because we have no reason to give it free advertising was think ing of pulling up stakes in Newmarket Merchants believe that the supermarket is a big drawing card for shoppers in Newmarket Some fear ed it would mean the end of Main Street if the super market moved from Main Street We make no comment on the private dispute We do give credit to the Newmar ket Chamber of Commerce The chamber was not an ar biter in the dispute but we understand that it brought the right parties together and in the end there was an amicable settlement Now everybody is happy The sup ermarket stays and the satelites are not worried about a decrease in trade volume Let us give credit to the Chamber of Commerce for what it did CULTURE IS A TRICKY WORD The controversy which has arisen over the creation of the Canada Council and its grant is an almost perfect example of the impossibility of pleasing all the people all the time It has been cheered as a long- overdue step on the part of the government and con demned as a frivolous waste of time and money Some people believe sincerely although we thing erroneously that the government has no place in the fostering of cul tural growth and encouragement of the arts It is their contention that culture must spring from the people like spontaneous combustion in a hay stack or it some how isnt genuine Culture is a tricky word with two different and dis tinct meanings and discussing the subject should indicate which one he is using On one hand it means nil the concepts skills arts and institutions of any given people in any given period In this sense an Arawak In dian and a university professor of arts are equally cultur ed On the other hand it can refer to the development and appreciation of a highly refined form of these arts In the first instance this means nothing more than the ac ceptance of the standard art forms of a society war paint or lipstick a grass skirt or a double breasted suit a thatched hut or a ranch style bungalow The second in stance extends this appreciation to nonfunctional forms of art or to art for arts sake On the first level appreciation stops at calendar art the latest pop music the newest cars or a partici pants pleasure in the dance On the second level it in corporates Reubens and symphony and opera Epstein and ballet Art forms on their basic level are a natural adjunct to any society Their development is as inevitable as the development of the society itself If culture is to be thought of only on this level then the critics are right it does not need any fostering by gov ernment or any other organization If is to be thought of in the second meaning of the word to concern what has been called the finer things of life then they are wrong There has been no highly developed society at any time in the worlds history where art in this sense has flourished without receiving a special position or some type of subsidy In the western world this is as old as a i t Greece which sponsored and subsidized its annual dram atic festivals as a public service After the Renaissance the cultivation of art became the privilege and responsi bility of the aristocracy They were the only ones with the necessary leisure to enjoy it and the necessary sur plus of wealth to finance it A changing society replaced the aristocracy of birth with the aristocracy of wealth but the same social compulsion to support the arts re mained In the twentieth century we have witnessed what might be called the democratization of art which has de veloped with the increasing leisure time and education of all the population But this in turn has its attendant problems If art belongs to everybody then everybody should pay for it In this society the only continuing source of surplus wealth which can claim to represent everybody is government The final question is this Is it just and right that art and artists should be subsidiz ed We think it is Art may not be as necessary to a bare existence as is farming or manufacturing but the presence and appreciation of beauty is tlie mark of the civilized man Farmers receive subsidies Whether these are too high or too low is begging the question The point remains that their income is in part guaranteed by gov ernment legislation Manufacturing is protected by dut ies which raise the costs of foreign products and allows Canadian manufacturers to sell at a higher price It is increasingly evident that the greatest benefits to all come from the redistribution of wealth which makes in effect a single producing and single consuming source out of a whole country Art or culture by the very nature of its production cannot pay its own way and those countries where it has flourished so healthily have recognized this We now have the dawn of this recognition breaking in Canada If it is admitted that art is necessary or desirable then the logic of government support cannot be denied Several significant items dis tinguished this years track and flip Herald field frolic at high school held last Wednesday First item of importance was the fact that nine new school records were set Secondly Dave Jefferson a big lad propelled himself around the track and through the jump pits to five first place ribbons in the intermediate competition and in the course of his efforts established four new records The husky Jefferson had the Intermediate class almost com pletely under control scoring points Bob Dove was runner- up with 17 points and George Robertson was third with points Jefferson authored the new standards in the 440yard run the shot put 220yard and dis cus The fifth intermediate record was set by George Rob ertson in the broad jump David captured the senior boys title with Don Lewis runnerup Henry Mc- Cutcheon a promising competi tor nailed down the junior with points Macnab was a close second an set the only record in shoving the shot 39 ft in The competition for the girls crown was particular keen Edna Markham was winner with Betty Martin Shcil and Nancy offering first class opposition Colleen Cain dominated intermediate girls class winning four out of a possible six events and in the process of becoming champion sprinted for a new 50yard record being clocked in seconds The other inter mediate record fell to Dana Mc- Grath with a pitch of ft in in the baseball throw A great performance by Muriel Thompson featured the junior girls events Muriel won five out of six events set a new broad jump standard and in the sixth event on the program collected a second place ribbon The blue house was the meet winner totalling points followed by yellow green red Holiday Lovely Beauty Contest Sponsored By Keswick Optimists The Holiday Lovely beauty contest sponsored by the Opti mist club at Keswick has captur ed the fancy of a large number of merchants in the Lake South Shore area They are lend ing their support to the contest by offering additional prizes for the winner Many residents feel as do the sponsors that the area shelters many lovely girls and that the winner will do credit to her dis trict Newmarket is included in the area for contest purposes It is also a well known fact that many lovely girls visit the Lake Simcoe South Shore area in the summer and an ever increasing number of young people are find ing it a lovely place for a vacat ion So it is felt that a Holiday Lovely contest justifies itself if only to prove this fact say Kes wick Optimists The girls will appear for pre- OUR SIDE OF THE STORY by HARVEY Monarchy Gets Another Chance In The Near East The courageous action of King Hussein of Jordan has provided the first bit of cheer ing news to reach us from the Near East in a long time If he proves able to maintain his po sition and to get his country on its feet his action may turn out to be one of those unpredictable events that change he course of history A few months ago it seemed as if the whole Near East was about fall to communism The move against Egypt had apparently united the whole Aral world against the West Communist Trojan horses were already in Egypt and Syria Some commentators were confidently predicting that the Government of Iraq would be forced to leave the Bagdad Pact In Jordan procommunist el ements were near success The General had been removed The treaty with Bri tain was terminated and the reduced to economic de pendence on the other Arab slates Then came the Eisenhower Doctrine with the promise of aid to countries menaced by communism but only if the governments concerned for help I only in accord with United Nations principles Condemned by both isolation ists and idealists sneered at by cynics and realists that Doc trine certainly seemed a frail defence again the forces of world communism It was com mon knowledge that the com munist plan was to gain control of the various governments by working from within rather than by any act of aggression from the outside It was hard to imagine circumstances in which any Near East govern ment would ask for American aid Then followed the visit Washington of that mediaeval monarch King ruler of a land in which about oneeighth of the people are living in slav ery and most of the rest in illiteracy and poverty King was given a royal recep tion was promised tanks ami planes purchased i Cadillacs and went home with seven trunks filled with gifts for his son The treatment of King along with the American soft ness towards Nasser put the US in a very bad light It looked as if the US were at tempting to secure allies by sup porting some of the shadiest characters in the whole Arab world And of course it seemed as If effort was foredoomed to failure because the one thing the Arab states seem to have their hearts set on the des truction of Israel is obviously something the US will not per mit Soon however it began to appear that the American ef forts were having some effect King must have been in fluenced The empty declara tions made after his conference with other Arab leaders in Cairo showed that they had not reached any significant agree ments Arab solidarity bad been disrupted And then came King Hus seins dramatic dismissal of the proRussian leaders in his gov ernment and army The stroke seems have been incredibly successful and leaves King Hus sein in control of the country He achieved control without any serious opposition- He cowed Hi- mobs of demonstrat ors very quickly relaxed the stringent controls and started the life of the country back to normal Equally remarkable and more encouraging from a long- run viewpoint King Hussein fell strong enough to accept aid from the US while announcing a policy of in dependence from both American and communist influence The proffered American aid must have strengthened the Kings hand And the sailing of the US aircraft carrier towards the coast probably had a re straining i I u c on those Syrians who bad planned an immediate invasion of Jordan King Sands announced support of Hussein must also have been partly due to US influence Altogether he Eisenhower Doctrine combined no doubt with a certain amount of undis closed diplomacy seems to he working surprisingly well A Split in the Aral Bloc and the ousting of communist leaders from one Arab state are no mean achievements for a policy that seemed so unpromising Aurora Council Passes Cousins Subdivision The CaseCousins subdivisions in a which have been hanging fire for over two years were given the green light at Tuesdays council The four areas of dispute between the council and the subdividers have been settled The are no longer required to pay the charge on the last five lots in advance the assessment basis has been changed to per cent residential for each 30 per cent industrial or commercial the are not required to pay for the instal lation of street lights and the re quirements concerning private roadway culverts have been de leted Mr Cousins and Mr Case have agreed to set a value on their in dustrial land so that council may inform prospective buyers of the price Mayor James Murray who has been pressing for a settlement be tween council and Mr Cousins since last January in order to get the subdivisions started thanked Planning Board Chairman Doug Is there any chance that Richardson and Councillor success will be Child for the time and work they Even after martial law is pul lo RCi lne council and relaxed his rule will still be to an agreement sentially autocratic present- have to deal with each tag the paradoxical situation of subdivision individually said democracy relying on despots Mayor Murray the difference of for support against communist terrain alone will make What future can menu necessary an arrange- there be for such ment The answer depends largely on the Monarchy is having another chance to prove its value And monarchy can be of value to a people not AURORA ITEMS The state is the servant not the master of the people stale is their guarantee against infringement on their rights their agent in international national issues it is not the function of the state to assume the diree of those activities which rest on individual choice The lodge and Alma Rebecca lodge members paraded to the Aurora Baptist church on ready Tor democracy Sunday where Rev J C MacFar- tary monarchs have an import- conducted the service ant advantage over an upstart The York Kennel club dog dictator like Nasser Their will be held at the Aurora claim to rule is based on right on Saturday May 25 not on force We may not be- The Lions Club field day will in any hereditary right to tomorrow evening May rule but many of King There will be a carnival and subjects do And because fireworks display they do the King does not need Flood Aurora is the new to be continually catering to the commander for mob He can dispense with Canadian Legion He is a past cheap appeals to nationalism president of the Aurora branch and can devote his efforts to Legion building up his country The new Legion district Corn- Jordan will need many times mander is A Harris ten million dollars before it can a former chairman of the school stand on its own feet board in Barrie He succeeds Presumably the US will Harold Eaton Newmarket supply the necessary funds The outcome will then depend large ly on King Hussein It he uses the money to aid education to promote irrigation and for oth er economic improvements and to get the refugees out of of Aurora high the camps he may not only their year survive but may eventually re- ofr lhe on store constitutional government lm Editorinchief of The Atom is Tom Hulse who did much of the makeup of the book Assistant editors are Marda Seide and Bill Crysdale Ad manager is Paul Ken did the art work for the book The Atom has pages and It is selfsupporting because of the advertising sold by dents Aurora High School Year Book Published luminaries on Friday July in smart summer cotton frocks The finalists will appear the follow ing evening in the standard one- piece swim suits Rules and entry forms may be obtained by enquiring at the of fice of the Era and Express Charles St Newmarket or from Fred or Sid Arthur at Keswick KETTLEBY BOY DIES FROM HEAD INJURIES Funeral service for John Edgar Bud Mercer 15 Kettleby R R was held on Tuesday afternoon May in Christ Anglican church Interment was in Kettle cemetery He had been in jured Thursday cranking a truck and died Friday Rev and Rev Dr V Abbott conducted service Surviving are the par ents Mr and Mrs Edgar and five sisters Mary Evelyn Lucy Margaret and Joan The boy died in Toronto Gen eral hospital late Friday night following brain surgery early that day He suffered a head injury Thursday evening while cranking a tow truck winch his fathci stated The crank flew back and hit the right side of his head above the temple throwing him to the ground Later the same evening his condition became worse and he was removed to York County hos pital Newmarket He was then taken by ambulance to Toronto Vandorf OPP who investigated said surgery was performed to re move a blood clot from the brain The boy was a pupil of Kettle by public school Fellow class mates and others acted as pall bearers at the funeral service Obituary Elmer Hilborn Elmer Newmarket son of the late Timothy and Annie of Kettleby died at Coopers Rest Home Mount Albert on May The funeral service from Road- house and Rose chapel Newmark et was conducted by Rev A R Yielding minister at church on May and interment was at Newmarket cemetery Mr was a retired car penter In his youth he had work ed on large grain elevators and hotels in western Canada Pallbearers were Curtis Herbert Graham Bruce Gib son Bert Hunt and T all of Newmarket and great ne phew Keith Williams of Toronto One brother Albert of King and nieces Mrs Ayersand Mrs R Bald win Newmarket survive him His wife Elizabeth Ellen Stwsrt predeceased him nine years lit Classed as the track and field event North York secondary the Trophy nv held at Pickering Col Wednesday May 3d gram starts at pm Four schools will the coveted of North York field supremacy School are Aurora and Newmarkv The trophy has petition since 1921 fc Nr High school athletes won last year their showing this district meets appear to have chance of taking over the from Newmarket The meet covers junior mediate and senior for both boys and girls TROUSSEAU TEA Shirley Ball a former stud Newmarket high school held a trousseau tea on Saturday May Alt the she had receiv ed by showers and from relatives were displayed About friends and present