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v f-Jr- i WW 2 HP MODEL PRICE VT 199 m jfjttrateiwtn 5 J DISTRIBUTORS FOR EASY TERMS m on display at r SPORTING GOODS DEFT Newmarket VISIT OUR BOOTH at the IRONTO SPORTSMANS SHOW MARCH i A i WHS Iff III ft iTEB where and when you it for much less than city Pressure Systems have both deep and shallow systems In -stock- MAGEE Newmarket Phone 51 ft- KESWICK ONTARIO Phone a ews l CORE MRS ROLLING PHONE KING An epidemic of influenza is making inroads on district families While the disease is not of a serious nature it has taken whole families in its grip Marilyn six-year- old daughter of Mr and Mrs had a stubborn case of measles From Tuesday until last Saturday night her temperature continued to mount reaching points Her moth er said when the rash showed up it appeared somewhat unusual Her young life lay in the balance by Saturday evening as her par ents anxiously waited for a change for the better- It came and her delirium subsided She is still weak During the anxious moments Mr- and Mrs Richard Bull attended the bedside of their niece Mrs Bull who is a nurse was able to give valuable assist ance A junior pupil at Oak Ridges school Marilyns friends wish her a speedy recovery Donald Ash was years old on Monday Feb To cele brate the occasion his mother Mrs Robert Ash gave her son a birthday party that evening with a dozen boys and girls of his age group as guests The chief excitement of the party was the pony over the nearby field with Donald driving the pony hitched to a small bob sled The ride had to be done in relays as the sled only accommodates three or four at a time After ward games music and refresh ments to include the birthday cake took up the remainder of the evening Little Jennifer six fell prey to the flu bug during the ffie Mrs Alice Ashby Lake Wil cox who was confined to bed since Christmas is well enough to be out again Mrs Ashby had dinner last week at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Cook Oak Ridges A club is being organ ized for Lake Wilcox boys by Mr A Boys from to years are invited to apply by letter to enter the team giving their names and what pos itions they play writing to Woodland Lodge Aurora This is an opportunity which will give organized recreation this coming season for young lads at the lake The executive committee of Oak Ridges and Lake Wilcox Ratepayers Association met last evening Wednesday to set up the agenda for the monthly meet ing of the organization which will take place on Monday March at Oak Ridges school The executive of Oak Ridges Home and School drafted a pro gram for Fathers Night to be held on March 12 A special speaker from the staff of the Toronto Evening Telegram is ex pected to speak on that date Mrs George is about again after an automobile acci dent which is still confining her husband and her sister Mrs Ed ward McVey toJLhe house Mr McVey is better and has been able to travel to Richmond Hill for a short time where his bus iness is established The concern of neighbors Toronto friends and hydro associates of Mr Ewan has brought many visitors to the home Fifty weekend Her mother remained called to make inquiries on the away from the J J Wall office J following the accident Mr for a day or so to tend the feel grateful young lady A persistent cold everyone for the interest its way and Jennifer was unfortunate mishap forced to remain in bed a hard- offers of help were ship she can scarcely tolerate Mrs Thomas M B Wilcox has received Big lo Gue her son Bud in a hospital Japan from a bullet wound He is with the Princess Patricias and has seen action in Korea- Mrs Maguire is anxious about her sons condition funeral of Mr Charles Barber held on Monday Mr Barber s wan the Mrs They had inten ded to spend more time there but acute illness of their niecCi Bernard orient Pats Fort Lewis Wash write prevented his wife that military operations on skis are a large part of the Mr Bill Hudson son of Mr and Mrs Wrn Hudson is in the training of the regiment He is Hudson is in the expected a home leave any time Private Patients Pavilion Tor- Mrs OBrien is looking forward to his arrival AcJiii CEMENT BLOCKS I and Iff CHURCHILL BROS KESWICK- Roches Point MOUNT The euchre held at Vandorl on Friday Feb was well at tended with tables taking part Prize winners were- Mrs Scott Mrs Burnett and Mrs A Pope for the feminine side and to Messrs George Col- lard Brown and Fred Wilson for the men Travelling prizes went to Mrs Fred Wilson and Mr Duncan and the freeze- out was by the team of Stewart Burnett and Our next euchre will be at Vandorf flail on Friday March Congratulations lo Mr and Mrs Aubrey Barker on the safe arrival of a baby girl another granddaughter for Mr and Mrs Harry Smith and sister for Wayne We would also like to extend congratulations to Mrs John Forester who will celebrate her birthday on Feb To all those in the community who are ill best wishes for a quick recovery SS had a valentine party on Feb and on Feb celebrated St Valentines day in the form of a skating party Mrs Percy Ash left on Mon day of this week for a visit to Florida Mr and Mrs Ward and son Jack of Aurora were Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Garnet Evans Starting on Monday of this week Mr Fred Wilson is on jury duty in Toronto Mr and Mrs George Daven port Toronto had supper with Mr and Mrs Ash on Sat urday of last week Mr and Mrs Lloyd Deeks and family Preston spent the week end with the Browns onto General hospital undergo ing an operation on his leg Last fall Bill suffered a shin injury which put him in bed for a month The wound appeared to have healed but now requires surgery Bill is and is em ployed in the Eaton buying office Anne Stephenson achiev ed first class honors in grade Royal last Her was In summarizing the classifica tions for marks the examiner Mr A Whitehead specif ied that Annes voice shows considerable promise She has made rapid strides to accomplish a volumn of work in a few months under the tuition of Mr Harris Aurora Anne is entering the Kiwanis Music Fes tival for a second time Mrs C Stephenson and oth ers from Aurora attended a meet ing of the Canadian club in To ronto last week when Sir Louis of Great Britain spoke on world conditions He pointed out that since the democracies have put too much stress on luxuries and not enough on or ganization The J J Wall plumbers are completion of plumbing installation in a new home being built at King for Mr Ross Stew art Toronto Cub Colors Dedicated The dedication of Oak Ridges Cub flags took place at St Johns Anglican church on Sunday mor ning when Cubmaster John Bradley received the Union Jack and the Pack flag from the rec tor Rev C They were then presented to the color bearers Earl and Keith Colombo Acting guards to Earl were Paul and Donald Moore Bruce Hudson and Ross Gunn were guards to Keith Col ombo Afterward the Pack join ed for the Sundayschool service returning to the church auditor ium to march out in a body with the colors after the regular divine worship by the Candidates for confirmation from St Johns Anglican church will be received by the bishop of Toronto Rev A R Beverley at All Saints church King on Sunday Feb at Confirmation of All Saints can didates will be held at the same time At the close of the service a reception will be held in the parish room Guide Scroll and Log Book On Saturday Feb an il luminated scroll accompanied by a hand engraved log book was presented for display by Mrs Gunn York County Guide Commissioner to Richmond Hill and Mr and Charles and Mrs spent Monday in Toronto Mr and Mrs Anderson and children spent Sunday with Mrs Andersons parents Mr and Mrs Ernie Graham of Mr and Mrs Ander son are members of the Collis Leather Bowling League at Aurora bowling regularly on Monday evenings Master Feeds Dealers over a wide district will hold a dinner meeting at Ridge Inn tonight Twenty prominent dealers will S55S555 District eight vocal examinations held at attend of the WI In North York News for this column must be in the office Monday night Copy must be written as briefly as possible and confined lo news and reports Other than routine reports announcements will be printed separately King community needs a hall It can be built by the coopera tion and pooling of the resources of organizations This was the opinion reached at an open dis cussion sponsored by King Wo mens Institute on Febxuary While the forum was originally intended to be wholly informal spirited discussions and animated opinions favoring a community centre spearheaded the appoint ment of Rev Smalley to act as chairman for a meeting of organization heads within six weeks to prepare for a public meeting Mrs A president was chairman of the meeting Mrs Gordon Wells convener of community activities and pub lic relations explained the pur pose of the forum The WI has set aside a trust fund toward a proposed hall and the branch felt that public opinion should be ex plored If an agreement were reached all could work for the project she said We must be ready for a hall when it Mrs Ivan Specht spokesman for the WL outlined the proced ure of establishing a hall as spec ified by the Community Halls Act The property she said must be vested in the municipal ity A board of seven is set up This procedure gives a govern ment grant not exceeding the amount based on percent of the actual cost of the commun ity centre Mrs told of the hall at Bond Head built for 21000 Starting with that community raised enough funds and gave enough volun tary labor to complete the job Forum Speakers George Brown president of Lake Marie and King Athletic Association which has a substan tial amount raised toward a proposed memorial hall said his organization does not propose a costly building but something it can handle Construction a building is hoped for in the near future Others suggested i hut which has proven satisfactory in other localities The King Legion president Donald said some sort of hall is needed The branch needs a building which would ac commodate a legion home Whether his organization would collaborate for a portion of a community hall or an attach ment he could not state He felt his organization is interested in the project Mrs Beryl Fleet president of the Legion ladies auxiliary said group would stand 100 per cent behind a hall project While the organization set up two years ago does not have financial means at present it would work for a hall J Grew chairman of the library board said the organiz ation would be interested in helping The library is greatly in need of belter quarters He The Newmarket and Express Thursday Feb building materials has reduced the opportunity to build Mrs Mary Hood leader of King Cub Pack was strongly in favor of the idea She felt from the childrens point a hall is a must While the pack is not financially in a position to render assistance it would def initely be given a real chance to strive for this end Rev W said Mount Albert was amazed at the income derived from its community cen tre It proves a cultural asset not only to a village but other groups from outside would use the hall He said the project would reap benefits beyond ex pectation A representative for Kingcrafts Guild which has members saw the need for a hall It was felt a library room could ac commodate the Guild Bob McLeod head of King city Wresting club pointed out that gymnasium quarters over the athletic club rooms had been fitted up by local voluntary lab or He said if all groups knit together a building could be erected His groups need more space for wrestling shows He thought the Ontario Wrestling Championships could be swung to King He suggested renovat ing the hall as a means to immediate realization of a building This idea was not gen erally favored by the meeting be cause of the expenditure involved and the location on the main street George Harvey Scoutmaster thought a community hall is ex cellent for Scout work A true community hall has many uses he said and much of the work could be done by local artisans and tradesmen Barker vice president of the athletic association felt a hall project can be accomplished by community cooperation and pooling of resources His soci ety has taken an interest in this matter for several years A tem porary structure would be neith er creditable or satisfactory As a former township councillor Mr Barker has knowledge of undertakings A Phelps Richmond Hill an executive of King Legion struck a high note of confidence when he declared King could do what some other localities have done Build a basement or a dugout but get started and go on and on from there Your community will fall in line when the usefulness of accommodation is once realized Mr Phelps who is a former councillor of Vaughan reiterated a mechanical point emphasized by Mr Find lay that a hall receiving government help must be on municipally owned land At this point Mr Brown was questioned if the athletic assoc iation would consider turning over the site of a hall built in He replied he could not speak for the association His own opinion led him to believe that would be doubtful HORSEPOWER One horsepower is the power required to lift pounds one foot in one minute as 3 CANADIAN SPORTS AS a direct result of dropping attendance in the National Hockey League a tendency to cry Wolf has among the sports experts Indiscriminate use of such headlines as Is Hockey Dying has contributed little more than added fuel for controversy But the answer to the declining interest problem in hockey can probably be found in the game itself Lets examine the pros and cons wondered if the tightening of memorial park to the municipal- Pro and Con in the Good Old Days were told hockey players went a Cull minutes and Usually finished the evening full of vigor and vitality No wonder hockey today is passing out states an ancient fan Vhy the boys who are playing now turn blue in the face after three minutes of pJayf Others chant They ruined hockey when they put the Red Line into the game These and a dozen other opinions ate trotted out each time a new prophecy of doom strikes at the game through the sport pages And yet it was to please the fans that the game was speeded up to the point where it requires 18 players to maintain the constant action drive and excitement necessary to attract the multitude The Red Line was created to de termine offside and do away with the older system of longdistance passing which nil too often was utilized as a measure of casing the pace Constant tines on the run are two other methods which have assisted greatly in speeding up the sport from a point of view As to the claim that few modern players could play the it is only to iMint out Milt Schmidt of J Ted Kennedy of the Leafs and a dozen others in hell for leather hockey These men could certainty play alongside tialic Dye Cyclone Taylor or any other you choose but admittedly they would have to pace themselves to fast the route Therein ties the story we think In the older days the game was a slower affair Willi the accent on individual style anil method Today the fans are to ISOminutes of all out hockey by men continually fresh aided by renovated rules and systems It hockey is slipping it cant be lack of Specially fey a prominent Canadian authority for colour The answer may possibly lie with the season That an eternity when suspense is what is for site Eligible Bachelors I case some of our feminine readers would care to know there arc only single men in the National Hockey The fact that the married players now outnumber the bachelors to an overwhelming extent may possibly help to explain the growing tendency to mayhem current in the NULL Although we have not always managed to keep an accurate check on the statistical side of the bout it appears thru the married men have easily held their own No doubt practice helps Actually the fact there are more married men playing professional hockey than single may also account for the high casualty list among referees Few husbands have much patience for interfering For what worth we gladly pass this last observation along to Referees bill Hugh McLean Red etc War Amps Key Tag Ever lose your keys Weil I dut year but within two days the postman dropped them in my thanks to the tiny licence plate sup plied to me as a by the War Amputations of Canada This year again the War Amps are sending car owners a similar key tag is a mighty small charge for this wonderful service so be sure to mail those two- bits as soon as you receive your key tag from the Key Tag Set vice Bay St Toronto Youll be getting At protection for your keys as well as doing your bit to help those brave fellows who did so much for you The branch will Institute spring tea would be meet at the home of its held on April Owing to the secretary Mrs Brown on fact that the members will be Wednesday Feb at 2 pm will be answered by Where I was married The province of Quebec will be geo graphically described by Airs Ian and a paper on the water lily will be given by Mrs Win Ash The convener on community activities and public relations serving at the and cooking school on April and has informed us will speak to us on that topic The program is in the hand J of Mrs Brown and hostesses will be Mrs J Montgomery and Mrs Brown AH women in the community are welcome The Institute is euchres at Vandorf every two weeks Next one is on Friday March 2 the tea has been indefinitely postponed The branch will hold its February meeting on Wednesday Feb 28 at at Hillside school Motto A good education is easily carried Roll call Memories of school days that Mrs Col- Program in the charge of Mrs Chapman and Mrs Well- man Hostesses all members provide Current Events Mrs J Smith J con A problems with The branch met at the home of Mrs J McNeil Wil low Beach on Tuesday Feb Current events were given by Mrs Stephens A lovely duet was sung by Misses Jacobs and Cynthia McGee Mrs gave some very helpful household hints Marie Crit tenden sang and played beauti fully The topic of the program was given by Miss Lillian who spoke concerning the health unit and praised them highly for the good work they are doing in the community A dainty lunch was served by the hostesses Mrs Jacobs Mrs Chapman and Mrs Crittenden at the close of the program Union Street branch will meet at home of Mrs David Eng lish on Thursday March at 2 pm Rollcall an Irish joke Renewal of membership Elec tion of officers Hostesses Mrs Thomas Miss Violet Micks Mrs Irvine Rose Mrs Frank Graham A district conference will be held at Sharon hall on Friday afternoon Feb 23 commencing at to oclock Topic Foods that healthy children like All ladies are invited to attend Vv Ark for your of your neighbourhood branch Theres no B At the regular meeting of the Newmarket branch on Thursday Feb the members enjoyed a splendid talk by Dr A Red- dick superintendent of the On tario Hospital Aurora Dr RcU- spoke on mental diseases The meeting which was held in the agricultural board room was chaired by the president Mrs A Mitchell The program was under the leadership of Mrs Frank Hodges group Mrs Elton Armstrong gave a report on the overseas box sent this month Members were urged to attend the district conference which will be held at Sharon hall Friday Feb at pm It had been advertised that the The February meeting of the Snowball branch will be held Wednesday Feb at the home of Mrs Howard Morton instead of Mrs Fowler because of ill Rollcall Tell an interest ing fact about Denmark Inter national meeting and study and Denmark demonstration of teaching a beginner to play piano by Miss Sandra Harding Current events Miss Marie Morning Hostesses Mrs Mrs Fowler Mrs W Storey and Mrs Evans Special guests will be two Danish women who will answer questions on Denmark display samples of Danish han diwork and provide Danish pas tries for refreshments y The February meeting of the Lakeside branch will be held on Tuesday Feb at the home of Mrs Geo White The is historical research and the rollcall is Bring an Heirloom All ladies 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