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Number of Copies Printed This Week SERVING NEWMARKET AURORA AND THE RURAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH YORK ERA YEAR YEAR NO THE NEWMARKET ERA AND EXPRESS THURSDAY MAY 3RD SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS EACH Tax Half Mill Less Whitchurch townships tax bylaw passed last week pro vides for a three and a half mill increase over last year The in crease is a half mill less than the figure council agreed on at the budget meeting two weeks ago The general rate in in cluding relief was mills this year it is 205 mills The tax rate is mills including the general school rate It will raise for local purposes and approximately for all purposes including schools County rate is and general school rate is twp has indicated its agreement to split the Mark- high school area and form two new areas with the boundary line two and a half miles south of the run ning from the tenth to the fourth concessions Markham has requested that Whitchurch pass a resolution in agreement with the split but the resolution has been delayed un til a check can be made on the public school attendance in the area The department of highways has approved Whitchurchs road appropriation for 60000 an increase of It pro vides for on road main tenance A large part of the increase will be taken up by sal ary increases Jack Lake Wilcox complained of the appearance of a townshipowned watercourse which he claimed being used as a dumping ground by resi dents lie told council that if they would clean up the area and allow him to make use of the land for parking he would guarantee to keep the wafer course clean The solicitor was instructed to draw up an agree ment for Mr it i 4IW House Burns Collies Wake Money Authorized Harold Hutchinson and Ann Ewing two grade ten students at Newmarket high school clear away grass and bushes to find an old fallen gravestone at the old cemetery on Eagle St Grade ten students wrote a letter to the Newmarket council suggesting that the historic graveyard be cleaned up and restored One of the oldest cemeteries in Ontario it holds the graves of many of Newmarkets pioneers including Sir John Dover ley Robinson chief justice of Upper Canada from to John chief factor of the North West company and explorer who search ed for Sir John Franklin was buried there EXHIBITS CRAFTS AT WINDSOR An exhibition of pouter work and by Rudy Newmarket is be ing held at the Windsor Art Gal lery on Friday May Mr was the first to be invited by the Gallery to exhibit crafts in a series of oneman shows On the same date some of Mr work will be in an ex hibition by the Metal Arts Guild at the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto 20000 More For Walks May Not Use Asphalt Tops A second bylaw for repairing sidewalks was passed by the Newmarket council on Monday night The first was used last year to include re surfacing sidewalks with asphalt treated to give it a grey appearance mans MUCH FISH TALK BUT NOT MUCH FISH ACCORDING TO CAT A number of fishermen from lna favor of McDonald leaped from a window when his howl ing collie dogs awakened him from a sound sleep while fire raged through his threeroom frame cottage early last Satur day morning Occupying a house within feet of Harvey home on King east McDonald said he was choking from smoke when he groped around in the dark to find an outlet the flames shot from the ceiling all about him I stumbled on the stand of a bird cage grabbed it smashed the window he said I jump ed just in time to get out with my life He said the only cloth ing he could put his hands on beside his bed was a pair of trousers containing a few dollars I let the dogs Prince and out of the shed adjoining the house raced across the yard in my bare feet and yelled to my employer Mr In a matter of minutes everything in the house was on fire The building was destroyed Furni ture clothing a new washing machine a new electric stove all personal possessions and keep sakes were a mass of rubble Aurora and Richmond Hill Fire brigades were called but the house was gutted by the time they arrived The loss was esti mated at 4000 Mr McDonald had insurance and the house was insured for Mr An overheated kitchen stove is be lieved to have caused the blaze McDonald was alone at the time Mrs McDonald 24 and the two children Julie and Wallace months were at Sun- Had they been in the house doubt any of us would be alive today said the father who motored to Sat urday evening to tell his wife of the loss Chairman of roads and bridges refrained from telephoning To Finish Paving Set New Policies put in late last fall and frost crumbled the concrete so that they must be rebuilt According to members of council the res ponsibility for the damage is the contractors Two Drown Third Saved As Boat Tips Two youths were drowned on Sunday in Lake between Georgina Island and the main land A third was rescued after he had clung to the side of their capsized motor boat Drowned were Clarence son of Mr and Mrs Frank and Mervin Toronto Bill Bird 18 of Virginia was saved Funeral services were held Ave was gutters and one for resurfacing Wednesday for the two drowned Curbs were land widening without curbs and youths and they were buried on Contractors are continuing on the resurfacing and widening of some of Newmarkets paved streets this week On Monday night the town council passed all the necessary borrowing bylaws to finance the pavement Council has also set a new policy it will not take over the maintenance of new subdivision roads unless they have been in use for two years Reconstruction of curbs and the residents one for curbs and gutters on Millard started this week- gutters More people signed for the latter petition because they did not wish too great an ex pense according to the clerk Mr Crossland who has devel oped a subdivision on the of Millard Ave west asked Bylaws call for widening three to fte sub feet on each side of Millard Ave division Vale said that a resolution had been ap proved recently to set a new town policy on roads Mr and two feet on each side of Park Ave under a local improvement plan without curbing and gut ters Engineer will have to maintain his road for said that Park Ave would also lwo be widened three feet instead of committee Frank Bowser said that he was not prepared to say that resurfacing would be con tinued Councillor Tom In OPP Police Whitchurch township has given up policing Lake Wilcox Lake areas and the rest of the township At the last meeting the council was called upon to put in writing the fact that it no longer retains a police force Newmarket are known to have been fishing last weekend the opening of the trout season The office cat reports that there is also a number who were fishing over the weekend who dont ad mit it Fishing is a way of life says Ginger Some men go away for the weekend to fish some fish ermen go away for the weekend Known fishermen who fished my wife during the day thought might better tell her in person and it is a sad day for all of us he said He hoped that he could find employment doing any more sidewalk near so that his wife land family could stay with her Many of the resurfaced side- mother until they get a few walks are better to walk on j things gathered together Mrs said Reeve Arthur Evans I McDonald left a couple of days The mayor said that the re- before the fire She had gone to surfacing had not always been bring back the children who two feet on each side since it would involve practically no ad ditional cost Councillor Frank Bowser warn ed that widening streets three fees would cause a prob lem with drainage of surface water Surface water will run onto peoples lawns and into their houses he said The engineer that he argu ed against the widening when it was first brought into council Mr Evans said that the original proposal was for curbs and gut ters which would eliminate drainage problems He said that established In the past the town has main tained new roads and put in new water service extensions in sub divisions at a cost to the town Now alt services will have to be installed at the expense of the subdivision owner After two years the council will decide whether a roadbed is suitable and whether the town will take over the road or not said Mayor Vale We must pro tect the public from high costs of development Some municipali ties have already set a policy whereby they will not take over the maintenance of a road until it has been paved and has Island The boys had out a mo- torboat for a spin on the lake when it ran out of gas While they were pouring a fresh sup ply into the tanks the boat was capsized by a large wave Bird began to swim away from the boat but returned to it and clung to it until rescued Mrs Lorenzo saw the boat overturn and called to her hus band he took his own boat out to pick up Bird but there was no trace of the other two it was the mayor who suggested curbs and gutters said the resurfacing without the curbs j mayor The mayor asked if the drain- age would require that the pave ment be ripped up storm sewers be installed within five BLIND INSTITUTE TAG DAY ON MAY 5 A tag day for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind will be held in Newmarket and district on Saturday May The funds will be used for the rehab ilitation of the blind Through the assistance of the Institute blind persons are taught special trades so that they can be made financially independent Mrs J Morris Newmarket is chair man of the Newmarket and dis trict advisory committee to the Institute and in charge of the canvass years If we widen it it doesnt Owners Urge Council change the amount of surface A I runoff said the engineer it T IT will not be absolutely necessary I I I I I fa Smoke Control Law satisfactory to everyone Although the money bylaw states that the is for re surfacing Councillor Bowser said that the funds could be well used last weekend are Jim Law for tearing up damaged concrete Ontario provincial police are taking over and the council has set out defined areas about each lake where the cruiser patrol will operate It was understood that provin cial police would take over on May There were reports how ever that they had not taken charge of the lake areas on Tuesday and that the township was without police protection Since that time it has been stated by Inspector J Hand of the Aurora detachment that provin cial police have been on patrol for the past two weeks in the township Chief Constable Richard Mul- will be retained by Whit church to enforce municipal by laws Offenses coming under the criminal code will be handled by the provincial police According to Reeve Ivan Mc Laughlin arrangements were made with the provincial police in advance before the twoman township force was disbanded Policing of the two lake areas has been a problem for the small force in the past particularly during the summer months OPTIMISTS SPONSOR GREENS CARNIVAL ON MAY 16 Carnival rides for the and Ray J 1 y who were at Franklins Pond Hope Andy Murdison was another Tom Surgeoner Jack Struthers Ted Robinson Elgin Evans are known to have been fishing sidewalks and building new ones will be the feature of the Newmarket Optimist club spon sored Green Shows this month lion says Ginger There has SCOUT DRIVE The Newmarket Boy Scouts will collect old rags paper old aluminum pots and pans and Charlie Wills went to To en- May nd Leo Ross Thc w were in a par- tojh ty which caught four speckles John was out lhe collection According to my informant were with her mother recover ing from colds Fortunately the wind blew the flames of the burning house away from Mr- Mashinters house and barns Trees and shrubbery about the place also confined the blaze ton smaller area the owner stated TO BUILD BRIDGES Two new bridges are expected to be built on Timothy St and on Wellington St in New market A resolution was passed at council meeting last week to have the bridges built For the second year the Optim- been much talk but little proof have arranged for the Green Carl Gable had proof he caught Shows to come to the Stuart good one but he wont talk school grounds May His fish was the only one Monday to Wednesday worth talking about The carnival is in keeping with Gingers fishing roundup may the clubs policy to give people nave covered everyone Ad- something for their money COMING EVE NTS Last year the carnival featured the merrygoround caterpillar ride ferris wheel and games The will have still more mechanical rides this year The Optimists financial agree ment with the is in exceedingly or for the club year Proceeds go toward boys vanee apologies arc extended to those who were not mentioned HUMANE SOCIETY MEETING TO HEAR REV CHRIS work which the club has The meeting will be held Thursday May and sponsored by Ladies Auxil iary Legion in lhe Le gion will Newmarket at pm Admission Refreshments Friday May I Dance in Mount Albert community hall to BuiHuffs orchestra sponsored by the Sharon Junior Farmers and cafeteria lunch Admission rn and old community Spot and cafeteria lunch Admission in St Andrews church on Friday May I Euchre under day May at pm auspices of Quoensville hi the val financed athletics for New- The problem of loose dogs in school Final euchre of year carrying on since its charter Proceeds from last years youngsters 1 Spring Freaks Hen Markets Egg Lightning Bolt Destroys Cabinet town will be discussed as door prizes Lucky draw as other phases of thc societys I tishel of groceries Good prizes work An able speaker Loat is provincial president of the Humane societies An contact Mrs Walker by tation is extended to the public to attend Mrs Fred Dent King City found an egg on her doorstep the other morning She cracked open found it fresh and had it for breakfast It seems that lhe milk man found the egg on the sidewalk outside the Dent home and set it beside the milk bottle Neither Mrs Dent nor milk man know how it got there None of the neighbors have hens In contrast to King City hen Donald Ash at Oak Ridges has a bantam who makes very sure that her eggs are properly marketed Entering the kitchen by the open door she located the basket and laid her egg within it Cackling of a job well done the J impact bantam strutted out The boys mother had earlier shooed the hen from kitchen but she was apparently deter mined to lay her egg in the bas ket Its a long way from Oak Rid ges to Zephyr and there is lit tle in common between bantams and lightning bolts but the bolt that struck the home last week fits pattern of spring freaks Erie home on the fourth of Scott was struck by a bolt during the thunderstorm last Friday night There was no fire and except for burning out hydro and phone wires the only damage was to the medicine ca binet which was shattered by RIDGES HORSE SHOW POSTPONED TO 1 2TH The Junior Horsemens Spring time Show at Oak Ridges which was scheduled for Saturday Ap was postponed Presented by the Oak Ridges Junior Riding club at Wheel House Oak Ridges it has been set forward to Saturday May starting at am A downpour of rain early Sat urday morning made the ring unfit for use Fortunately post ponement was made early enough so that ail entrants were not un necessarily inconvenienced The full program of classes will be held on May On Saturday May several entries from the Oak Ridges club will be made in the Toronto Jun ior Horse Show Saturday phone Newmarket Saturday May Bingo in aid of Aurora Legion Legion Hull Jackpot games cents Monday May Court whist party Scout Hall pm by Scout Guide Mothers auxiliary All mothers of guides brownies cubs and scouts Invited to attend Wednesday May in Holland Landing Community hall Special prizes good prizes thewcalth JackKt Come and he the winner cards Thursday May Annual blos som tea under lhe auspices of Junior Ladles Aid Christian Bap tist church to aprons fancy work c6wl2 Thursday May Euchre in the Community club hall pm Admission Friday May Island Grove birthday dance and box so cial hall Everyone wel come Ladles bringing box lunch es free Admission Friday May Dance at New market high school to Ernie Mc Caffreys orchestra Sponsored by Sunny Hilts Home Owners Assoc iation proceeds for devel opment of Sunny Hills public Dress optional refresh ments prizes Admission per couple Saturday May Newmarket Youth for Christ presents Dr Hilly Graham in midcentury install storm sewers They would only be installed if the people petitioned for them he said Said Mr Curbs and gutters and widening were considered two years ago but it was found impossible to widen without a from the rate payers According to the town clerk Wesley Brooks there were two sets of petitions went out among A DRIVE STARTS MONDAY FOR The Salvation Army will begin its campaign oh Monday for the objective in Newmarket and district The campaign is under the chairmanship of Mur ray Roberts Dominion Bank manager Campaign executive is meeting Friday night To the Salvation Army no hu man being is ever beyond hope Through the understanding hearts and human touch of the Armys A smoke problem deputation consisting of a rep resentative of ratepayers on Prospect St attended New market council meeting Monday The representa tive said that the harmful effects of smoke in his residential area had prompted owners to request council to get busy on a bylaw to control smoke ELECT ELGIN EVANS BOARD PRESIDENT Elgin Evans Newmarket was elected president of the North York Boys Work Board succeeding A A Cook Aurora Other officers are first vice pres Bales Richmond Hill Alex McKay Newmarket sec Kenneth Newmarket camp manager Rev Douglas Da vis camp director Councillor Tom said that not all the smoke was caus ed by industry The people responsible for smoke damage are laughing at us because we are not doing any thing about it declared Council lor Lome DeputyReeve J told the representation that something would be done about the bylaw within the following week or ten days It was that the present draft by- Harold Aurora The board conducts the boys will be thrown out More and girls camp at Duclos PL on formation been Lake Simcoe Boys camp this received about the technicalities workers thousands of men and women arc assisted to start life anew Contributions to the cam paign are your assertions of be lief in the same creed year is from June to July SINGS TWO SOLOS ON BIRTHDAY A party to celebrate Mrs Rob ert Graves birthday was highlighted by her singing two at Friends Meeting house j solos The Old Account Was pm All welcome tied Long Ago and Showers of Friday May Snow Blessing Wednesday April White and the Seven Dwarfs operetta for young people by the honie her Newmarket public schools in the memorial arena pm Admis sion Chartered bus to Niagara Falls on May Seats reserved For information and tickets see Cecil Andrews or call Newmarket between and pm Monday May Euchre and bridge in Aurora Legion Hall In aid of Auxiliary Good pri zes Refreshments pm Ad mission cents Wednesday May Monster modern and old dance on the new mastic tile floor in the New market arena Proceeds for the Newmarket Trumpet Band Norm Barlings orchestra Fred Cose floor manager Admission Monday June Piano recital by pupils of Mrs II Pollard will he held in Keswick United church at also featuring Miss Carol Knights Kiwanls Festi val Rose Bowl winner prize solo ist Collection will be taken for some worthy cause Every Saturday bingo In North Memorial hall Kes wick at pm under the aus pices of the Building Board Spe cial prizes cards Dane to Norm and his every Saturday night In Community hall Ad- Cafeteria lunch tor Mrs Howard Sharon where Mrs Graves makes her home the party was attended by members of the family The hostess cut the beautifully dec orated birthday cake for her mo ther Mrs Graves received many lovely cards gifts and remem brances from her friends and relatives Mrs Graves enjoys excellent health which is marred only by failing eyesight She has eight children grandchildren and greatgrandchildren AWARDED BADGE Mrs Geo Case president of the Newmarket branch of the Red Cross with Mrs Cock- burn second vice president and Mrs A Cody secretary attend ed the annual meeting of the On tario division in Toronto when Miss was award ed the badge of service for her outstanding work Newmarket council passed a resolution Monday night congra tulating the Barrie Flyers hock ey team on its successes The motion was instigated by Coun cillors Bowser and Dales of a bylaw which would carry some weight The draft bylaw was first introduced last fall but girls July to July Toron to girls August to August 30 i fl Junior Fanners- September not acted upon September TOWN HALL DANCE MAY It a borrowing An important meeting of the was passed by Newmarket Hills Home Owners to pay for town hall will be in the Legion renovations The renovation hall on Monday May at are almost completed Property A full attendance is re- chairman Tom said it quested as final plans for the would pay for all work inside dance must be completed the building He said that This public dance will be held mayor had suggested asphalt at the Newmarket high school on paving around the building Friday May raise funds for That would have to come out of the Sunny Hills park and play- the sale price of the clerks round said Mr Home Owners Respond To Project Plant Hardwoods In A Week Close to hardwoods have I Those receiving the trees were been planted in town through the cooperation of the town council and the Newmarket Horticultur al Society On the suggestion of Councillor Frank Bowser to replace the old trees which have been removed for various causes in the past year the project is being financ ed by the council under the dir ection of the Horticultural Soc iety Orders had to be limited because of the response The trees mostly maples with an assortment of elms and ash arrived in town on the afternoon of Friday April 20 and were immediately delivered to the pro perty owners who had earlier placed orders with Hill convener of the societys share in the plan notified prior to the delivery so that they could prepare to plant them All trees distributed were a least six feet high on planting and culture of trees accompanied each delivery Rod Caldwell assisted Mr in checking the lists and prepar ing the routes of delivery Assisting with the actual delivery were Arnold Charles Don Cummings and Hill- It is hoped that spruce and pine trees will be delivered within the next week or two to those who have already applied Notice of the free offer for the trees was carried in an earlier issue The Bra and Express All above orders will be restricted to two evergreens apiece