Newmarket Era and Express, 22 Jun 1961, p. 2

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Member of Audi Bureau of Circulation and Claw A Newspapers Serving Newmarket and the rural district of North York Heart Throbs Humor Gambles by Andrew Passing Glances Subscription SEWAGE PLANT PLEASE If Newmarket does not get soon on the construction of the long- debated sewage disposal plant town ex pansion and development will literally gag to death on its own effluent Crusad ing Councillor Harold a knight in shining armour that is risking corro sion from the foul vapors of the Holland River has set his sights on the dragon that i3 provincial and federal govern ments In an effort to get the work started the councillor has threatened cajoled entreated and pleaded with gov ernmental departments Our only fear Is that he will tire before he makes an Impression on the slowmoving mechan ism of bureaucracy How do you tell governments that a town is caught up in the stagnation of its own river How do you tell the im personal dragon that no industry will come to Newmarket because it lacks sew age services How do you tell Mr Frost that our town fathers are eager to wel come visiting only so long as the wind is in the right direction In the black plague swept London car ried on the vermin that infested the citys open sewers that belched nauseous fluid into the Thames Now it is 1961 and here in Newmarket we still use the same system How can we prefix our town with the word Progress Mr Frost when we are clinging to the skirts of bubonic Post Office Ian Baxter Publisher Philip G Jones Editor George Spoi Advertising THE EDITORIAL PAGE HUNDRED SURVIVAL It far cry from Geneva to Newmarket but it Is only a matter of a split second The momentous decision as to whether there is or there is not to be a ban on nuclear weapons may never be made are grateful however that the civil defence authorities are taking no chances The choice of Newmarket as a survival centre treated exclusively in the Era and Express last week shows the thoroughness with which a dedicated handful of men are treating this terrible threat to the future of all mankind and in particular the persons in York County It is significant that for strategic reasons the county town of York New market is selected as the survival centre for this vital area The majority of readers however regard the of a nuclear explosion with skepticism One wag suggested that a f locker would be the safest place to which prompted the following buildings and the whole of the n building where there were before With bright redevelopment already promised for the east side of Main St in the shape of a shopping plaza the attention of builders will now prob ably awing to property on the west side behind the existing Main St stores We hazard a guess that within 10 years you wont recognize the old town LEAVE THEM ALONE An evangelical church group that has pitched a tent in a field on Grace and Alexander Sts Newmarket is in hot water Area residents have protested to council about the noise of the evening meetings and have demanded to know whether the tent boasts sanitation Residents on the street are throw ing in all the available ammunition to make life as uncomfortable as possible for the tent worshippers We feel that Grace St dwellers are being unfair in their attacks on this minority group In Newmarket there are already some dozen established churches with bigger congregations bigger car parking prob lems and bigger facilities for making a noise if the evangelical group can still find a congregation and a following then we say good luck to them Theyve pitched their tent in a field a reasonable distance from everyone else and we can not believe that they are any more of a nuisance than an industry or any other church group in town If some worshippers choose to bring a little color into their lives with a good old downtoearth bible thump ing session they should be allowed to do so without being heckled by the CHILDREN PARKS FRIEND OR FOE7 The trees the flowers and the shrubs in Newmarket town parks are steadying themselves to withstand a forthcoming onslaught Within a matter of days all schools will be closed for th vacation and the children will be free know- what as they vainly through labor ringlets and that is to be mv self in of my and how far off the really are We will r views on the only d in many as it must an thus most pleasure have thai my day you ran well My job was completed his stare altogether ihr to pel met the of nation When lands dimply From The Files Of 25 And 50 Years Ago Who Cares About Advertising Mm And My says The time in now Yes now I lay me Down to sleep And if I die At least Ill keep BOOST FOR COMMERCE Legislation wan put through Newmar ket Town Council this week that may lie looked back upon in future yearn as the most important policy declaration the town has recently enjoyed Whereas work on public services and development are the logical duly of any council this weeks approval for issuing of housing credits to developers of downtown com mercial assessment is a product of and forethought What docs It mean the risk of downtown and de- completely banished It company with that old buildings In the centre of let and either refurbish them or demol- them to make way for handsome new dorrs and blocks Newmarket row led in this case by Councillor Charles Lloyd has given lllclM the I of 1 building Prior to Ibis weeks move home build- restricted In the number of homes they could build by the amount of Industry they brought Into town Now the rule will also apply the in assessment values on restored com together with a short settaddressed envelope should also the put

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