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We See The Editors Corner Mayor Belugiris Report pmS On The Towns Business newspaper people Serving The Newmarket Era 1852 of lag in the community and the feds rf live arls phases of the newspapers op- 0riario competitions anitoba said in adjudicating and the rural districts of North York The Express Herald 1895 Newmarket by the Newmarket Era and Express Limited Subscription for Ian Baxter Caroline Ion Editor JL Racine Production George Haskett Sports Editor W Stefamuk Advertising THE EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY THE TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYNINE With the application of in particularly those telligence sod imagination in known rural weekly is still and will The v play a rtap in our land which is thorough ly digested in every detail he Most certainly the weekly newspaper is the only nublica- of the publisher is pro Sfc- by us Maintaining that no daily and nol their shortcomings I By Andrew Heart Throbs Humor past have failed Afghan fire the mpWmK ii he spent Hie rest winter is best time for interior but we usually think of our home improve- went loans as designed for structures of a more nature TRUE VISION It was the vision of a blind soldier Colonel E A Baker which built one of this countrys greatest organi zations The Canadian National Institute for the Blind Colonel Baker lost his sight in World War I but his vision through the past years helped to build a coast in rehabilitation service which is aiding more than sightless Canadians His prevention of blind ness program has retained the sight of This mans success demonstrates convincingly the thought for this White Cane week True vision lies behind the eyes True vision is at the root of the worlds foremost achievements Statesmen and reli gious leaders have it Great teachers and doctors have it and so do numerous leaders of the blind like Colonel Baker Mrs Bending president of the Canadian council of the Blind and the worldfamous Helen Keller Because of the work of such visionaries the blind are accepted everywhere You meet them on the street and lend your arm at intersections You find blind citizens working in industry and in the professions They travel and enjoy life White Cane week is a joint project of the and CCB Begun in 1916 the week has been kept educational in character It is not asso ciated with fund raising but is concerned with the task of revealing Hie sighted members of the population that true vision lies behind the eyes SPORT AND EDUCATION at the A good deal of criticism is being USA for having spent billion dollars in 1958 on rec reation and only billions on education The criti cism is probably deceived but it might be i walled that in their greatest period the Creeks used little of wealth for education while concentrating much on games Socrates and Plato aught inexpensively mainly by chatting with practically no equipment Aristotle mainly did the same although he invented the systems of keeping records which led to the paraphernalia of presentday schools Although the library at Alexan dria maintained civilization in an otherwise inferior period nothing has been found in education to surpass the conversation of sages It is probably a waste of time lo complain about expenditures on recreation With the decks spoil was a religion Pindar based his entire poetry not only on the Olympic games but on the glorification of the winners Silting of Saturday afternoon and even ing watching games on TV and then putting in some of Monday reading the details and comments 111 the newspapers is a strange way to live but these rites have been performed in one way or another by human ity for several thousand years RIGHT UP TO OUR NECKS iondil with lev with inflation Again whether know it or not in flation which simply puis prices beyond their real value affects each and every one of us In the past Inflation only had its aftermath of poverty and ruin upon two classes debtors and creditors Now it affects every one famous economist recently staled that imperilled by the present inflationary advance were holders of life insurance policies those with savings accounts in the banks those who own bonds govern- those who benefit by inflatioi are farm owners owners of mortgaged real ate owners of m and service its there are the who will benefit as they upend hardearned dollars Today we are all In this illation fall one Manv have divided i the pens the savers the holders of life insurance all own Where does all this lead It simply means tha each and every one of must endeavor hold the lint The free spenders on the loose want to spend the dol tors they have collected from the rest of us A spend binge by anyone is going to cost everybody some thing that something is more than we can afford Our complacency in the face of deficit financing puts the spenders in the saddle for a wild joy ride A balanced budget at government levels means a balanced budget at home Because of this- we say to the politician Be UP IN THE AIR A staff writer for the Financial Post in giving a first hand report on NATOs problems and prospects has this to say In the Feb issue about the Arrow NATO military commanders would welcome Canadian squadrons equipped with long range allweath er supersonic fighters tike Hie Arrow But no Cana dian authority that I have been able to find in Ottawa or here NATO headquarters Paris cither civilian or military regards the Arrow as an even remotely likely replacement for the and now being flown by the Air Division It looks from where we sit as If everyone were up in the air with the possible exception of the Avro LIBRARY HAS RECORD YEAR Nearly individual hoi rowers pushed the cir culation of the Newmarket Public library to 16961 volumes in the year Of the actual total of registered members are adults and are juveniles The circulation figure of 16964 Is com prised of volumes of adult fiction 9281 vol umes of adult nonfiction and volumes for ju veniles This total shows an increase for the year of thai pi Under a cooperative arrangement between the and the National Film board films were made for In lcal groups such as emce clubs he with only a nominal cost the users as the charges are kept as close as possible to the cost of operating the service There was a steady increase noted in the use of the meeting room since the decorating was early in the year Users included two art groups a public speaking class and the Horticultural society A number of lectures and panel discussions have been held under the auspices of the Friends of the Library Because of the continued support of the Rotary club Newmarket additional equipment was acquired during the year The clubs donation of S25n made possible the purchase of a globe among oilier items The origin of the gift is permanently recorded on the pedestal of the globe Budgetary limitations forced a cutback in the the year There WHO FOOLED WHOM last week these columns carried a story from brothers With a special combination of price supports Writing under the Intriguing title Enter prise Democracy in Fortune Rhodes scholar an artificial statist attempt he to raise cattle and pigs on private lots and sell them in the free market At the same time bread was being sold at an artificially low price on the controlled market The fanners discovered they could buy the bread at the low fixed price feed it to then cattle and and make a sizeable profit on the deal Smooth I of I into and pork Trucks made bakeries purchasing their entire stock of low fixed price bread The result was more pork and lull a shortage of bread The Russians then applied eon Bread was rationed There for feeding bread to stock and finally infringe those act subject lo flood water friendliest to request installation hope to conclude the of amber tights both Eagle in vnr n out should make easier to Our I lliink the mi- From The Files Of 25 And 50 Years Ago Campaign Raises Close To 300000