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HI V I v On Wednesday night June Aurora Fire Brigade will turn its talents Into providing of the biggest shows in its and history The of that show is A Monster Street Dance and Parade The firemans parade has not seen on the streets of Au rora since the year After a lapse of years it is being re vived and will be seen in all its tfory on the night of June Until the parade was cancelled i years ago it was an annual event in Aurora The intention jaf the firemen is that the parade will once more become an show But that is only part of the The firemen are arrang- a parade of floats and bands For the best decorated floats prizes are being given in amounts of and The new fire truck will be out on a baptismal tour a demonstration There will be great doings in the old town on the night of June 13 From the south end of the town the parade will be gin its journey at When all these spectacular events have come to an end another form of entertainment will begin in the town park This will be a dance commencing around nine oclock The acting committee sible for the arrangements are Ken Rose chairman with Don McClusky Burling and Doug Knowles from any one of whom full details may be We ran into this little bunch of enthusiasts the other evening at the firemens half and with them was Stew Patrick They believe that the arrangements in progress for the night of June will result in a show that will renew Auroras pride in its fire brigade All that is needed is rxgood weather and we feel sure that with so many in the list good weather will bless V Page Col I Aurora Town Council Considers Dogs Land Parking Site Meters A general meeting of the Aurora town council was held in the municipal chambers on Monday night May and there were present Mayor Bel Reeve Cook Deputy Reeve Murray Councillors Corbett Fielding Gundy and Jones Also in attendance town clerk H Clark assistant town clerk K G Moses and town solicitor Lome C Lee Business ranged in variety from parking meters at five cents an hour to a public school board debenture of Before the beginning of regu lar business council received from Mr G Hoffman a list of the names of the merchants who are petitioning for the in stallation of parking meters Mr Hoffman on behalf of the petitioners respectfully request ed that council might come to an early decision on the matter of the petition Arising out of the correspond ence considerable discussion arose on a letter from the North York county health unit Mayor Boll questioned whether the ser vice equalled the former VON Reeve Cook had words of praise for its recording system and the deputyreeve did not think that the organization had yet had time to show its possibilities On a motion by Councillor seconded by Councillor Jones council agreed to send a payment of to the health unit The Dog Problem Mayor Bell chairman of the acting committee reported to council on a further conference between the municipalities con cerning the control of dogs on the loose The mayor pointed out that a founding sum of 15000 would be needed for the cost of service and equipment for the municipalities covered and in his opinion such a huge expense was out of the question as far as Aurora was concerned Mayor Bell referred to the SPCA organization at New market and wondered if any arrangement could be arrived at with our neighboring municipal ity Following some observations from Councillor Fielding con cerning the work of the North York Humane Society see page the dog problem was tempor arily left in abeyance Page Col KNOW YOUR MERCHANTS Frank J Smith Of our boyhood days one mem ory stands clear though the years THOUGHT YOUD LIVE TO SEETHE DAY We remember an old man and his son whose trade was that of the shoemaker Together they used to sit and sew using long waxed threads and at the end of their labors were shoes of lovely qual ity and style They followed an ancient trade to whom kings and common men alike are obligated Through the years that ancient art of shoemaking has undergone such changes that the individual shoemaker is now almost as ex tinct as the dodo Much mach inery and many individuals are now employed in the making of footwear Each machine each individual contributes its and his and her part to the j of the shoes we wear The subject of this weeks por trait sketch is not a merchant now in the strict understanding of the word He no longer makes and sells shoos of his own That time is past But there was a time when Frank Smith and his father Charles did make and sell shoes made by hand from their own home- designed lasts Strictly speaking Mr Smith is now a shoe repair er Aurora Ignoring the strict interpreta tion of the term merchant we felt that it would give many people a great deal of pleasure if we included such an Aurora oldtimer as Frank Smith in our personal scries In facta well- known Main street merchant did remind us the other day not to forget Frank Smith The sign over the sidewalk ad joining Mr Smiths premises where hangs the large red shoe that would fit a giant reads J Smith Hut if yon enquired for J Smith ten to one no- would know to whom you were referring But if you ask ed for Frank Smith anybody in Aurora would direct you to the small store on Wellington St where any day you can see an assortment of shoes varying in degrees of decay from tiny stir- face injuries to large scale holes that you would think were be yond the skills of man to repair Frank Smith is an Aurora in- who has served the public of his adopted town for the past years in his present location His father Charles Smith was in those premises ten years earlier and was a shoe maker for nearly years Mr Smith is a man of very modest demeanor But it is his belief that if there is anything left at all of the original he can repair any type of shoe and pro long its usefulness Judging from what we have seen in his store we would say that his skills are often put to the sever est tests There are many types of artist As a shoo repairer Frank Smith is an artist in the first class category Call of the Hunter If you want to rouse the gleam in Frank Smiths grayblue eyes dont however talk about shoes Just mention the word hunting Then youll quickly inspire old memories and speed the tongue of an oldtime hunter Born By J G SINCLAIR S VICTORIA DAY This day May 24 is Victoria Day What is Vic toria Day We imagine that if the question were put to our younger generation and to many of the elders among us the answer would not be immediately forth coming And no discredit would be attached to anyone Queen Victoria queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India reigned for 64 years So far as we know only one imperial reign lasted anywhere as long and the reign of King Louis of France who occupied his throne for years The two most remarkable women in British imper ial history were Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth The latter queen who died in after keeping her throne for years had a powerful sway over her countrymen These two women had much in common They were both small in stature but great in strength of mind and Elizabeth lived to see her country un matched in naval power and unmatched in almost every other national attainment The reign of Queen Victoria was a of the rise of Britain to its greatest achievements in naval preeminence and also in industrial social artistic scienti fie triumphs May the 24 was the birthday of this great woman whose memory we honor today Em pire or Victoria Day was inaugurated in the year to be regarded as a holiday Since the death of n Victoria events have reshaped the world Both Ireland and India are now two separate states And the naval supremacy of Britain lias been overtaken by the United States But Britain is yet a mighty land and her people have no superiors With fun and fireworks we celebrate Victoria Day And in this way we salute the memory of a great lady who died just years ago PUSSYFOOTING We did not go to the planning board meeting adver tised to take place in the Legion Hall for the good rea son that we did not think it was worth the sacrifice of precious time We had seen the drawing called a zoning map at council on May and that preview was sufficient for us The oracle on Auroras comic weekly appeared to derive some passing pleasure from reporting the ab sence of what is described as selfstyled opposition We would suggest that a selfstyled opposition is always preferable to a marionette respond ing to strings pulled behind the scenes but well let that pass A meeting consisting of approximately or persons cannot by any twisting of words be described as a representative meeting of Aurora citizens and property owners although it is now stated that as the result of that skeleton parley in the Legion Hall the planning board will ask council to pass a zoning bylaw We hope that council has learned some measure of wisdom from past controversial events and that it will not pass another restrictive planning board by law When the people of recently were asked to agree to a zoning bylaw a map was published in the newspaper which showed what the citizens and the property owners might expect The council undertook to pass no zoning bylaw to which the citi zens did not agree The Aurora town council ought not to consent to any more power passing from its hands to the pro vincial government werent at the Legion hall to hear the pundits do their stuff But a wellknown citizen was there When we asked him what he thought of the show he replied Just a lot of pussyfooting We like that des cription pussyfooting The oracle of course would nt know the meaning of the word EDITORIAL HONESTY There are more ways than one of filling the edi torial page of our weekly newspapers Most editors write their own editorials They would abhor the idea of purloining the work of someone else and palming it off on their readers as original work Such editors are honest men who observe standards of ethics that forbid them using the work of the brains of others Whether their editorials are good bad or indifferent they are their own and no one can come to their office and say That was a very good editorial in your paper last week but I read the same editorial in another weekly Did you write it or did the other fellow write it Having written our own editorials over many years we would be horribly embarrassed and humiliated if someone said to us That was a good editorial you published in AURORA NEWS PACE last week but why didnt you acknowledge the actual author of the article instead of leading people to think that you wrote it by failing to acknowledge real source of its author ship If that happened to us we would retire from AURORA NEWS PACE our race red with tion and our conscience sorely troubled There are no objections whatever to any editor re publishing an editorial from another paper always pro viding that its original source is duly acknowledged in fairness to its author and to the people who read it To republish the work of another and not acknowledge its real authorship is plagiarism To make our meaning clearer wo will cite an ex ample In last weeks issue of the Aurora Banner there was an editorial entitled Learning by That editorial appeared the week before in the weekly The Canadian Statesman It was republished in the Aurora Banner without JUNIOR CHOIR WINS FIRST AT PETERBORO Aurora United church junior choir conducted by Mr Harris obtained the highest choral marks at the Peterbor ough Kiwanis Music Festival last week Eightyseven marks were obtained in the class for junior church choir under years of age This total was ten marks higher than that of the Peterborough choir which won second place Another shield was won by the Aurora choir in the interme diate church choir class with marks of Richard of Sutton Mr Harris only pupil to take part in the Peterborough Kiwan festival under years of age won first place He is a baritone singer The Newmarket Thursday May race SAC CADETS CORPS SHOWS ABILITY The Cadet Corps of St An drews CoUege affiliated with the 48th Highlanders of Canada held its annual inspection on May in the presence of Major General D Graham GOC cen tral command and K Busby cadet training officer central command Instructors of the Cadet Corps were J A Holmes chief instructor Major C Gibb J S Macfarlane Sqdn Mr Adamson and Mr J C Cadet Major F D was the officer com manding the corps A lengthy program of events was carried through with suc cess reflecting great credit on the instructors and organizers of the inspection At the conclu sion of the display tea was serv ed in the Upper School Dining Hall The shows the and the myriad always make a visit enjoyable When you p by bus even the trip is fun ROUND TRIP to ST LOUIS BOSTON WASHINGTON KING GEORGE HOTEL PHONE USE ERA AND EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS IN TURNING ARTICLES YOU NO LONGER NEED INTO CASH OIL MAKES A COUNTRY STRONG THE ROUGHNECKS ARE MOVING ON In the language of the oil fields roughnecks arc the men of the drilling crews who probe deep in the for oil Youll find them in any oil field doing the hard tedious work that goes into the drilling of every But roughnecks like best when the going is toughest and most exciting when they move on to search for oil where it has never been found In Alberta the odds are against them only one wildcat well in is likely to successful Working against these odds roughnecks drills have tapped more than a billion barrels of new oil in Alberta since bringing new prosperity and new security to all Canada In fact Canadians now produce one in every three barrels they use but we still must depend on foreign countries for the other two To be selfsufficient we must have three times our present reserves The roughnecks keep moving on in the unending search for oil they succeed they benefit and strengthen the entire nation About Canada Oil Before discovering the field in Imperial drilled 133 wells in western Canada all dry over a period of almost years v- The cost of an exploratory well varies from about 100000 to more than million It is estimated the oil industry will spend millions on and development in the prairies this year J IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED fcJitfA r if