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NEWMARKET ITEMS OF INTEREST Phone TW 5-4142 -Dr. and Mrs, Richard Edwards and daughter, Susan, have returned to Otter Rapids after visiting parents in Toronto and Newmarket during the holiday season. â€"AC2 Robert Edwards, St. Johns, Que. RCAF station, was a holiday guest at his home for part of the holidays with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. C. R. Edwards, 291 Stewart, St. â€" Mr. Edgor Pope, Windsor, is visiting his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Kyte, Arden Ave., this week. Mrs. Beatrice Allen, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, has moved to Newmarket and has taken up residence with her daughter, Miss Dorothy Allen, Eagle St. Mrs. K. Dyer, Toronto, has returned home after spending a few days visiting her son, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Dyer and family, Main St. Mr. Cameron Lane, Andrew St., returned home on Monday following a week long stay at York County Hospital. He will convalesce at home for the next two weeks. May and Mrs. J. Otton, Reeve and Mrs. Alex Hands and the members of council and their wives, attended the first council meeting held in Bradford since its incorporation as a town. Capt. and Mrs. N. G. Sproule, Oak St., held on "open house" at their residence on Saturday, Jan. 9. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. A. Duiguid, Mrs. Harry Noble, Mr, and Mrs. Perc Powell, Mr and Mrs. Philip Jones, all of Newmarket, Mr. Paul Babcock and Miss Nancy Stocks, Aurora, Mr. and Mrs. Art Hall, Sharon, Misses Marjorie Luckie and Fran Walsh, Toronto, and Mr. James Stocks, Sudbury. The Young Peoples' Society of Grace Church sponsored a skating party on Monday, Jan. 11. About 50 members travelled to the Stouffville Community Youth Centre to enjoy an evening of skating, table tennis, checkers and assorted games. The Women's Monthly Fellowship of Grace Church held its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Miss Betty Fraser, missionary from South Africa, spoke of her work and with the use of slides showed the many aspects of the service being rendered in this area. Mr. Alf Abbott, Franklyn St. spent the weekend visiting at the home of Mr. Syd Abbott, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Johnston, Debbie and Johnny, Don Mor Drive, have returned home following a two week vacation at Daytona Beach, Florida. The Salvation Army Home League will hold its regular weekly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m., at the Hall on Queen St. Devotions will be in charge of Mrs. Nixey. Lunch will be served by Mrs. Mary Smith. The Cat's Miaou By Fran Archer Even though it's only January, there are lots of signs of the long-awaited spring and summer seasons ahead. Buds have been sprouting on the bare trees for months now, travel agents are taking orders for summer holiday trips, stores are having clearance sales to make way for summer stocks and, the most summery sign of all, the spring and summer mail order catalogues are being, issued. Bathing suits, summer dresses, boats and camping equipment will make you dream of the months to come. Speaking of new toggery, the latest styles in female footwear is taking a decided trend. I've noticed there seems, to be a mediaeval influence displayed in the bootsy-slippersy-type shoes now popular. (You can't figure out whether they are boots or slippers until you find out they were really shoes instead). Long pointed toes (some even curled up at the ends!), loose cuffed ankles, drawstring tying, all add to that Middle Ages look. Nowadays, to be at the height of fashion, you have to be dressed a la really, really old, old, fashioned! Wearing dresses with an Empire influence (Napoleonic era), mediaeval pointed shoes, maybe a crinoline (17th and 18th Century) and an assortment of modern accessories (in Renaissance colors) will create a crazy mixed-up outfit usually considered fashionable. No wonder the boys are confused! Well, latest goofy gimmick is perfumed longplay records! First I've heard about is called "F Sharp - Where There is Music", released by Top Rank. Le parfum used? Why, Faberge F Sharp! Hear, too, the ad plugging the disc in a trade mag was scented with it. Hate them to do this to a disc called Rotten Egg Rock", "Big Stink Blues" or "Songs My Garbage Collector Taught Me'" or something. Then someone could REALLY say, "The music biz stinks." This gimmick is probably a sidetrack of the "smell" films gag which is having mixed results. Canadian High News says next Christmas 20th Century Fox will release a spectacular all about "Cleopatra". Liz Taylor will play the title role and for it she'll get a cool million clams. It must be nice to lay around on satin cushions, making a million dollars. Did you see Frankie Avalon on Ed Sullivan's show Sunday night? Golly, he's getting to be terribly like Frank Sinatra! (ugh!) In his first song, he was making like Bobby Darin (who makes like Sinatra), singing the type of song Darin and Sinatra sing and imitating Sinatra's distinctive facial contortions. You know, young Mr. Avalon is even getting to look like Sinatra! Except for a chubbier face, of course. And more hair on his head. Actually, I can't stand Frank Sinatra. When he strangles those notes and drags them all over the place while the music carries on without him, I feel sickeningly curled up inside. Glad good old Wayne and Shuster got another chance to exhibt their stuff but I think it's time they wrote some new skits, really clever ones, that is. Arty types at Newmarket High, those who are always ready with a paintbrush and pencil when the yell goes out for posters, could adopt the following idea from Edmonton's Bonnie-Doon Composite High. In that spirited school, each of the Art Club's 20 members can "whip up a nifty club poster in two minutes flat", says-Canadian High News. The club members decorate the main showcases, make dance decorations and paint advertising posters for any school club on request. In addition, members build properties and paint background scenery for the school play each year. For the provincial football playoffs, members of the club made green and gold ribboned buttons for the cheering section. It worked, too, because Bonnie Doon won the provincial championship. NHS may not even enter provincial finals but a school rooter button, plus some -other patriotic paraphernalia might be a help to bolster that school spirit which keeps disappearing around our local seat of learning. Bonnie Doon's art clubbers held club meetings in their spacious art room, ever open to all interested, and spend their lunch hours there. Using the art facilities, the students work busily against a soothing background of symphonic music played on a record player. When we did posters at Newmarket High, we had great fun doing it after school but we never knew whence would come the next assistants or whether the present ones would stay with us. It would be a decided advantage, I think, if you paint and chalk daubers would get organized into an active, reliable club which the rest of the school could depend on for posters, signs and other similar publicity media. The posters around Newmarket High proclaiming various school functions have been works of art and ingenuity in the past, Forming a club would keep all your good artists together and through practice you would improve. So there's another idea if you want to use it, Send teen news to Fran Archer in care of the Era and Express. HOPE Service at Sharon-Hope United Church will be held Sunday at 9.45 a.m. The installation of the officers of the WA will take place at this service. Sunday school follows at 11 a.m. The January meeting of the Hope Hobby Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Harvey Miller, on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Program committee members are Mrs. H. Wright and Mrs. Harvey Miller. Hostesses are Mrs. George Broderick, Mrs. Vera Micks and Mrs. Miller. The club will hold a euchre in Sharon Hall on the same night as their meeting, starting the play at 8.15 p.m The annual meeting of Sharon-Hope United Church will take the form of a pot luck supper on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 6.30 p.m. E.G. Council Briefs During the business meeting after last week's inaugural ceremony, a bill from William Ellis for $43 for canine control was passed by council. Mr. Ellis will continue to act as dogcatcher during 1960 but requested a new net and kennel which council left for later reconsideration. A bill for $704.22 was paid to the K. J. Beamish Construction Co. for sidewalks constructed on Davis Drive. Relief accounts including old age assistance, TB care and after-care, amounted to $2,913.17 for the month of December, 1959. Since municipalities having a population over 5,000 must have cheques signed, with two signatures, a resolution was passed appointing Reeve Walter Rate to sign all cheques along with Clerk-Treasurer Lindsay Farr. Bylaw 761 was passed authorizing Clerk Farr to borrow up to a maximum of $100,000 from the Bank of Montreal to meet township expenditures until the first installment of taxes is paid. A similar bylaw 762, authorised the clerk to borrow up to a maximum of' $60,000 from the Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bylaw 763 appointed municipal officers, pound keepers, fence viewers and a live steak valuator. The following pound keepers were appointed: Fred Blizzard, Ken Howard, Horace Marles, Robert Lewis, Harold Boyd, Herb Wright, William Gillman, Harry Morton, Herb Cole, Carin Rutledge, Frank Wilkinson, Morely Rose, Ivan Eves, Jim Benton, Irwin Rose and Carl Moorhead. Fence viewers are: John Grieg, Jim Faris, Allan Balsdon, David English, Russell Pollock and Harold Watts. Stan Eves was appointed livestock calculator at a remuneration of $5 plus a mileage rate of 10 cents per mile both ways. Council passed a resolution authorizing the Reeve, Clerk-Treasurer and Road Superintendent to sign the necessary declarations for the 1959 road expenditures to the amount of $120,332.58. The clerk was also authorized to forward the same to the district municipal engineer for the usual subsidy under the Highway Improvement Act. Bylaw 764 appointed W. J. Rate and Sheldon Walker as council representatives on the East Gwillimbury Planning Board for 1960 and also appointed R.O. Tate as a planning board member for three years. Bylaw 765 appointed John Hutchinson as school attendance officer. He will be paid $15 monthly expense allowance and the bylaw also appointed William Curtis as township wee inspector with a yearly expense account of $200. Bylaw 766 authorized the issuing of debentures for $80,000 in $100, $500, and $1000 denominations repayable over 20 years for construction and equipping four new rooms to be added to SS 20, East Gwillimbury Heights public school. This bylaw received two readings and was sent to the Municipal Board for approval. Rev. Mathews of the East Gwillimbury United Church attended council regarding water and sewer connections for his church. Council members took action on this matter following the meeting and connections will be installed in the near future. KING DOLLAR RULES FAMILY PUCK NIGHT This will be family night at the arena tonight. Here's the story in connection with family night. Pop buys a ticket for a buck. Mom, pop and all the family can enter the arena for this one admission price. There's a big door prize being offered as well. It is a boy's or girl's speedster bicycle, it will go to some lucky boy or girl. The game will feature a tussle between Newmarket Smoke Rings and Whitby Hillcrests. As both teams are battling it out for group leadership honors this promises to be one of the most exciting contests of the season. As an added attraction between the first and second period two Newmarket atom series teams, that's five, six and seven year-olds, will provide an exhibition of their skill. It promises to be a full evening of action from start to finish. Birthday Club (Held over from last week) Birthday wishes are extended this week to: Mary Johnson. Newmarket, 10 years old-on Friday, Jan. 1. Billy Allen Armitage, 6 years old on Saturday, Jan. 2. Lillian Elizabeth Pollock, Sutton West, 8 years old on Sunday, Jan. 3. Keith Robert Jewitt, RR 1 Kettleby, 6 years old on Sunday, Jan. 3. Winnifred Mary Evans, Newmarket, 9 years old on Monday, Jan. 4. Wayne Berry, RR 3 Peterboro, 11 years old on Monday, Jan. 4. Blythe Elizabeth McCaffrey, Newmarket, 11 years old on Thursday, Jan 7. Send in your name, address and birthdate and become a member of the Era and Express birthday club. Nazarene Giving $140 Per Person Rev. R.W. Coghill reports this week that the Church of the Nazarene has published its annual international statistical report showing that the per capita giving in the denomination as a whole amounted to $131.51 in 1959, an increase of $2.46 over the previous year. The figure for the Newmarket Church is $148.00 higher than the international average. Rev. Coghill also noted that there was a 10 per cent increase in his church's membersgip over the past year and that the average attendance at Sunday school had increased from 153 during 1958 to the present 197. Internationally, the denomination started 159 new churches last year or an average of three per week to make the net total number of churches at year end 4696.