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SpSf -t- AURORA NEWS FRONT PAGE Second Section CIRCULATION Average for three months ending September Newmarket Trading Aurora Others TOTAL PAID SERVING NEWMARKET AURORA AND THE RURAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH YORK IRA YEAR YEAR NO NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY DECEMBER SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH Roy Reeve Of North By Five Vote Margin Roy Pollock was elected reeve of North Gwillim township on Monday There was a difference of only five votes between the elected reeve and the second candidate J Doyle There were ballots cast to decide the in this exciting election for Pollock for Doyle and 211 for Harold Clover Charles Richardson a farmer who lives near Sutton is deputy- reeve by acclamation The three elected councillors are Frank Willow Beach James Clark Miami Beach and William King a former reeve of the town ship The voting for the council can didates for North Gwillimbury was as follows Prank James Clark Wil liam King 591 Clark Martin Cecil and Link Sutton Nominations The reeve of Sutton William Park was reelected by acclama tion at the nomination meeting at Sutton public school last Fri day George deputy- reeve was also reelected by ac clamation Elections on Monday will be tor members of council Candi dates are Lloyd Keith Perry Holder William Sellers and Frank Keating The first three were councillors- School board trustees elected by acclamation were George Verde Davie and Llewellyn Tom- bison Kenneth was elected hydro commissioner by acclamation Township The nomination meeting for township at the com munity hall last Fri day saw the election of Reeve Ralph Corner by acclamation also DeputyReeve William Ma son Council candidates are J A Foster Charles Chirlwide j Store Donations Boost lions Xinas Fund The Newmarket Lions Is calling for donations for its an nual Christmas basket fund Each Christmas the Lions pre pare baskets of food and toys for families who are not so fortunate others The Lions objective this year is 1000 Contributions to date are ac knowledged as follows Sidney Smith- Roy Mrs E Davis Webb Office Specialty Co E J Davis Jr Dixon Pencil Co John Dales H Stephens and Son Harrys Dry Goods Cynthia Bryan and Susan Ray Jelley High School Societies The Staff and Students of Pickering College Tom Doyle Ernest Ellis and Howard Anderson For school board are Harold Greenwood Arthur Mitchell Charles Cullingham Harold Thompson and Norman Kay Election day will be Monday Mrs Lunch Annonymous Stanleys 200 2500 200 300 FARM FEDERATION HOLD DRAW COURSE OVER WORTH POPPIES WREATHS SOLD BY LEGION Newmarket branch of the Canadian Legion this week ex pressed its thanks to the people of Newmarket for their purch ases of poppies last month dur ing their poppy campaign Members of the Legion ac knowledge all who have assisted the poppy committee by their purchases Each purchase by in directly assists some disabled court Newmarket on veteran who through war Tuesday Dec He pleaded PAYS FINE ON CHARGE GUN CONFISCATION Calvin Harris Juniper Ave Toronto fined 200 and costs on a charge of illegal possession of liquor and 25 and costs for possession of a firearm Harris was sentenced In Votes For Mayor Joseph Vale was reelected Mayor of Newmarket on Monday with a heavy vote and a good lead over his opponent Mrs Violet Robinson Mr Vale will be starting seventh year as mayor in the new year The election was his second contest since becoming mayor He defeated Jack Luck in Large Viiif Reelects CONSERVATION FARM FOLLOWS PL AN FROM AG COLLEGE Winner of last weeks farm photo contest in the Era was Francis Morton who farms his land a short distance north of Keswick according to a scientific plan by the Ontario College of Agriculture Mortons have been com pletely renovating their farm which they bought three years ago It is situated a mile north of Keswick just off the highway to Sutton When they decided to improve their land and em ploy the best conservation prac tices they closely followed a plan given them by spe cialists Crop rotation and strip farm ing practices are employed to the best advantage It is the only farm in the district which has a complete tile drainage system It takes a lot of work and a lot of time but we are very proud of what we are doing says Mrs Morton Vale J R Bell Leads Polls Board Over half the electors of Newmarket marked their ballots on Monday in the elections for mayor and public school board trustees Mayor Joseph Vale was returned to office by a decisive vote Ballots for Mayor Vale totalled 1098 Mrs Violet Robinson the challenger received votes Ballots cast in the vote totalled 1776 Elected public school board trustees were J it Bell who topped the school board polls Allan Perks and Arthur Lloyd Bell and Perks were returned for a second term and Lloyd is a newcomer to the board Others who were candidates for the first were defeated They were Sam and Hor ace Jaques James a candidate for reelection was also defeated New school board electors in east voted for the first time this year North New market the urban area in Whit- guilty to the charges On Nov at 310 am the premises of a cabin near which had been rented for sometime by Calvin Harris searched by Constable There was evidence of consider able trafficing in liquor The gun in question was a war souvenir a German automatic pistol which the accused had brought back from overseas fol lowing the second world war The gun had not been registered Something new in draws will be held at the annual meeting of the East Feder ation of Agriculture to be held the township hall Sharon Wednesday evening Dec The draw will be for a free education a short course at OAC Winner of the draw will have was confiscated by the court expenses paid for the short course at the Agricultural Col lege Dee to Jan 2 Subjects available in the course range from farm mechanics to farm economics livestock study horticulture and bookkeeping There will he a special speak er at the annual meeting of the federation his wounds is unable to take former position in life Purchases of poppies and wreaths provides an occupation for these men who manufacture them and gives them an objec tive in life The Legion also thanks those who volunteered their time and effort to canvass the town es pecially the school children who contributed towards the objec tive Total sales of wreaths and poppies and donations amounted to 621CG Costs were leaving a net profit of Home And School Association Hears Childrens Book Author MAYOR ROSE HOME AFTER OPERATION Dr Crawford Hose mayor of Aurora returned from the East General hospital yesterday Dr has been in hospital since Wednesday Nov where he was admitted for an appendix operation The mayor attended a court of revision on Tuesday evening Nov and later attended a medical case On the following morning he found It advisable to undergo an examination and the operation was decided on Mayor has been the recipient of a large number of calls wellwishers and has received many messages In the form of getwell cards and flowers At the meeting on Monday night December coun cil sent he mayor a message of felicitation by telephone Marie Toronto author of three childrens books was the guest speaker at the November meeting of the New market Home and School associ ation Held at the Stuart Scott school the classroom was filled when an attentive audience ga thered to hear Mrs informal talk Sailing the Lakes for a Story David Rhodes spoke on his trip through nor thern Ontario Mrs George Case introduced the speaker Mrs who was a school chum of hers in Marie The author was horn and received her prim ary and secondary education at Marie Her father L A Green public school in spector for the district Following university Mrs Mc lived for a few years in but has resided in To ronto for some time where her husband Dr Harris is a wellknown physician Mrs McPhedran has been in terested in writing most of her life but it was only after she vas able to contact a New York agent that she was successful in having her work published Prior to that the occasional short story or article had been printed While attending the Univer sity of Toronto Prof Roberts of the English department was In terested in her writing ability Mrs has maintained contact with Prof Roberts since her undergraduate days and on his advice continued and con centrated her efforts in writing almost to the exclusion of any social life Mrs Case Wilcox Family Loses Mime In Sunday Morning Fire Mrs Dorothy and year old daughter fled their Lake Wilcox home in night attire early Sunday morn- teg ten minutes before flames their five- room frame cottage the contents and the childs Christmas present The toss estimated at Is part- covered by insurance Mrs Pernors said she awoke Suddenly sick at her stomach choking with smoke that filled her bedroom I went to back door for air and got my daughter from her bed In a room she said gapped her In a blanket and telephoned Roy next where my husband was Hal I not felt sick I would have been overcome from smoke said Mrs After calling Aurora fire Pat her managed to grope his way through and salvaged pome personal papers and his empty purse The one ho contained Mrs tad her tighter were taken to the home where the family remain ed On Sunday afternoon Lake Wilcox Community Association donated to the family The Salvation Army of Aurora brought clothing and scarcely had the fire been quelled when a Lake Wilcox resident donated to start a community relief fund The family has been of fered the use of a cottage until Mr Demon who is a carpenter can rebuild Neighbors are planning bees to help him The family came from British Columbia five years ago and their home almost paid for They had made extensive Im provements on it There are no relatives here Mr Demons people live in Saskatchewan Credit for saving other nearby hemes on Ave was given Aurora fire department The telephone lino and hydro were out of commission shortly after the fire broke out About damage was done to Mr house and garage but he was able to remove his ear in time OFFER PUBLIC USE OF FLOWER BASKETS Rod Caldwell announced at the November meeting of the Newmarket Horticultural society that the society has ordered flower baskets to be made this year They will be similar in design to the two used in the societys booth at Hie trade fair The two latter baskets were don ated by Mr and Mrs Elgin The baskets will be used at the trade fair and will be avail able for the use of the society at other flower shows Proceeds from the rental of space at this years trade fair will cover the costs of the baskets They are being made by Frank Vanden- The baskets will be placed at Intervals around the arena to odd to the floral beau ty of the trade fair The general public will be able to use the boskets for wed dings funerals or any other oc casion on a rental basis of cents a basket a day Some of the baskets will be stored at the town office and the town clerk Wesley Brooks has agreed to handle necessary bookkeep ing Anyone Interested in rent ing the baskets will be able to do so through the town office after the new year Dales Of The Era And Express The Era and Express will change Its pub days as In other years to facilitate the post office and ensure the paper will reach subscribers In good time during the Christmas rush The following are the pub lication dates from now until New Year Thursday Dec 11 Wednesday Monday Dec Wednesday morning Advertisers and correspond ents are requested to bear these dates in mind and ar range for their ads and copy to be made up early for these special issues To facilitate the publication on these earlier days advertis ers and contributors are re quested to have their material at the Era and Express office at least two days before the publication date of each Issue Publication on Monday Dec ZZ gives advertisers the op portunity of reaching readers of the Era and Express early Christmas week Last minute specials for late shoppers may be carried in that issue The arrangement also gives lite stuff of the paper a well de served Christmas holiday SCOTT TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS DEC At the annual nomination meeting of the township of Scott held at the township hall on Friday Nov there was the usual good attendance and in terest shown in the township af fairs Nominated for reeve were J Alfred Broad Bain and Albert deputyreeve Bain and Newton Gra ham council Chesley John Edgar Norman Old ham Bert Lockie Luther Luke Clarence Walker Morris Sanderson Edward Hew lett and Walter Each member of the council gave a good account of the business for the year Others nominated contributed some good suggestions along municipal matters particularly the hard surfacing of the seventh conces sion line drew attention and it was suggested that in all likeli hood there will be a mulch sur face put there during the com ing summer The following qualified for the several offices reeve Alfred Broad Albert deputy- reeve Bain council Clarence Luther Luke John and Edgar An election for all but deputyreeve will be held on Monday Dec A pleasing feature of the meet ing was the visit of Lamb and Councillor Brock whose remarks were carefully considered Voting Results St Georges St Andrews St Patricks Total Ward Ward Ward MAYOR Vale SCHOOL TRUSTEES 237 church township north of Davis Dr which was taken into the Newmarket school scheme last winter as a union school section had its first vote There are about residents in this section who arc entitled to vote in the Newmarket public school elections School electors in North Newmarket pay school taxes on the same basis as do re sidents within the town limits Arthur Lloyd resident the East school section was elected a trustee The results of the election for mayor last week were expected to be closer than the final count indicated Both candidates work ed hard during the week before election It is believed that nearly every elector in Newmar ket was contacted by election workers at some time during the week before elections The enthusiastic campaign by the candidates brought out one of the heaviest votes in the his tory of Newmarket ISO Lloyd Ill Perks Ml Bell 1SW EVENTS IKIS1I Douglas son of Mr and Mix Ket- won a consolation prize of pounds from the Irish Sweeps last week It was the first ticket he hod ever purchased THURSDAY DEC 4 Holland leading Community hall in aid of our Parade fund Good prizes Special prizes and Every body welcome Admission cards THURSDAY DEC 4Blngo In Aurora Legion hall In aid of the Ladles Auxiliary Good prizes 15 games Time oclock sharp FRIDAY DEC Dance In Holland Landing Community hall at pm George Mitchells orchestra Admission Every body welcome SATURDAY DEC St Johns bingo in the Town Hall at pm games special same SATURDAY DEC Shooting match for geese to he held at line Scott township miles east of Zephyr Starling at oclock MONDAY DEC pm Keswick United church Hie bell ringer team ad mission for adults and tents for children TUESDAY DEC The Cross will quilt and sew at United church from am to pm Lunch served TUESDAY DEC pm euchre at Snowball school spun tared by Snowball WT Arimls cents Good prizes and lunrh TUESDAY DEC Sharon Homo and School Association will hold a euchre at pm Ad- TUESDAY DEC Monthly meeting of the York County Nurses Assoc Time pm In the Si Johns school Pot luck elw40 WEDNESDAY DEC At pm in the township hall Sharon East Fed of Agriculture annual meeting Guest Speaker refresh ments entertainment WEDNESDAY DEC at Hall Newmarket at pm 35c Jackpot 15 and door prize tf42 WEDNESDAY DEC bingo King Masonic hall sharp Jacket share- the wealth specials King Auxiliary prizes suitable for Christmas season THURSDAY DEC It Home League Christmas sale in the Salvation Army hall Queen St Newmarket at In cluding fancy goods and Refreshments FRIDAY DEC Christmas bazaar ami afternoon tea New market Legion hall under the auspices of Legion Indies aux iliary to pm nursery for preschool children FRIDAY SATURDAY DEC and Newmarket Alt Club exhibition and sale of oil paint ings Upstairs at the Eire Hull The Idea Christmas gift last a lifetime Open after noon evening till Pm WEDNESDAY DEC del Messiah purls I H and III presented by choir and in church commotio- inn at pm An offertory will lie received DANCING at Mount Albert every Saturday night Rom to pm to Norm Burling and his orchestra Bus leaves King George hotel sharp tf3 AWAIT SENTENCES FOR AURORA THEFT Marcel LeClerc 23 Pied John ston and Albert Culver all of Toronto were remanded until Dec for sentence on two charges of breaking and entry when they appeared before S in Magistrates Court Newmarket on Tuesday Dec Probation was requested for Al bert Culver by his council Andrews Toronto The three accused entered pleas of guilty to both charges A third charge of receiving was not proceeded with in view of Ihe fact that sentence will be passed against each of the three the first charges On Nov the three accused were arrested when found am in Allans Service Station Aurora The accused had driven their cur owned by Marcel into the garage and pro ceeded to load it up with stock Tires batteries and other stolen stock found in the car was val ued at Money front the cash register was found on Al bert and Fred Johnston On Saturday Nov 22 the three accused entered Service Station Entry was made by breaking a small window in the garage Garage stock to the value of was taken from thus garage When accused were questioned at Don Jail they admitted the of fences percent of the articles stolen have been recovered WILLIAM HODGSON DEPUTYREEVE OF KING TOWNSHIP- In the King township elections this week William Hodgson Kettleby was elected deputy- reeve His 1040 ballots defeated Bay Jennings who polled Reeve Elton Armstrong was elected reeve at the nomination meeting a week earlier Elected members of council Ore Wilfred letfi who headed the polls with 87 votes Douglas Welieslcy votes and William Kehoe concession King votes Russell Snyder a member of council was defeated He received votes The other two defeated candi dates were Aubrey 584 and William Barker King City EAST REEVE AND 1952 COUNCIL REELECTED FRIDAY Jack was reelected reeve of East township last Friday when all members of the township council were re turned by acclamation after nom ination meetings in the township hall Members of the council are Reeve Jack DeputyReeve Titus Peregrine and Councillors Irwin Tate Stanley Osborne and Waiter Rate first appeared that there would be an election Also nom inated for the was Titus Peregrine and for the deputyreevoship Tate and Longford Walter Rose was also nominated for council After nomination meeting however they did not qualify and the council was returned by accla mation OPTIMIST TREES Christmas trees will he sold Hits year by the Newmarket Op timist club the proceeds to help their boys work projects Opti mist trees will be on sale in front of the King George hotel MaEri starting Saturday morning 13 Left Farm Animals A Week Court Convicts For Cruelty Mr and Mrs George Harvey third goat was also staked but DAYS JAIL FOR RESIDENT OF ISLAND Amos Charles Indian Reserve Island was sentenced to days in jail on a charge of assault with bodily harm in Magistrates court on Tuesday Dec Th charge was laid by his halfbrother year old Well ington Charles who claimed that ho was bringing him into court en an assault charge to prevent the possibility of the more seri ous charge of murder being laid Wellington Charles said that there was no constable oh the island and that each weekend l he older people on the reserve were terrorized by him He laid charge following a disturb on the night of Nov when Intervening in fight he was set upon by Charles a man less than half his age were remanded for judgment until Tuesday Jan on charge of cruelty to animals in the failure to provide ade quately for their stock They are both to appear before Magis trate on Jan In bringing a conviction against both Mr and Mrs Har vey the magistrate said that animals are a responsibility and they must be looked after The omission to provide for their care was not only cruel but wanton he continued The sentence for such on offense is not to succeed one year and not less than one month at hard la bor or a fine of not more than and not less than The stock in question consist ed of four goats two dogs and a pig Chief Constable J K Jar- dine East police and Constable inspec tor for the North York Humane society visited the properly of Mr and Mrs Harvey Brown- hill bit Thursday Nov dur ing their weeks absence in To ronto They found the pig in a piti ful condition enclosed In a pen four feet by six feet without water or food The only bed ding was wet and inadequate Two of the goats were staked without food or water was dead and the fourth one was loose in the field Since it had rained that week this goat could get some water in hol low places In the field Inspec tor said that goats were fairly thin but he couldnt say if they were suffering Hie two dogs were tied with out food and water One was not in bad condition The sec ond a Siberian husky was in very bad condition It was thin and almost starving when taken back to the shelter Inspector testified Mr and Mrs Harvey spoke in their own defence and said that they hud arranged with neigh bors to provide table scraps for the pig and with a 14year old girt to change the positions of the goats so that they could have fresh grazing It appeared that these arrangements had been made for a limited time as Mrs Harvey expected to return home by Tuesday However it was the following Sunday when she arrived home The Haryeys explained that they were in extremely dire fi nancial circumstances and that they had always loved animals and taken care of them Mr Harvey said that they were neg lectful in providing for trie ani mals during their weeks ab sence but cruel iW Lr