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of Copies This Week OF NORTH YORK YEAR IH YEAR NO NEWMARKETV lV vw AUGUST 23RD 1951 SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH r NHS Exams Jean daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Pick- Newmarket has won a scholarship entit ling her to three years Of free tuition and at Queens University Kingston Word bf the scholarship was this week as the high school released ffnllaf of upper school Full results will be found on page The overall average for the graduating class is rated as an exceptionally average and one for which the Whole class deserves great credit said J principals percent of the marks given the students were in the honors brackets Jimmy Hugo with nine first class honors in nine subjects written took top honors In his class He was followed closely by Allen Jackson eight firsts and two seconds in ten subjects towel 1 with eight firsts and seconds in ten subjects Jean Pickering with eight and one second in nine Lowell has also written for a scholarship award but the results have not yet been receiv ed i J Diamond GOOD FRIEND THE SKUNK Above is a view of the interior of the Newmarket arena taken shortly after the Horticultural Societys exhibits were placed there oh Friday night The fair drew an estimated attendance of well over during its four nights Photo by Dont Shoot He Is Helping You Archer A Year a Wins Arrow The Scorton Silver Arrow the Canadian counterpart of an an nual archery award established England years ago was last weekend by Bob i- wick Newmarket He won it in a shoot at Forest Hill Village school in which people took part A charter was received years ago to hold the Scorton Silver Arrow shoot in Canada and a Newmarket and bow and arrow manufac turer who won it in says the shoot will be held in Newmarket next year The winner of the Arrow who called the captain of the Silver Arrow has the responsibility of organizing the next years shoot and Bob says it be held here says Mr Mr skill with the bow is exceptional because he only started shooting a year ago July There are two classes in the shoot one for men at yards and one for ladies at yards Myrtle won the lad ies Silver Arrow Harry ham won the mens Silver Bugle prize for men and his daughter Frances won the Silver Bugle for ladies second prize Mr also won the clout shoot hitting a target placed flat on the ground at yards Mr and the Mark- hams are members of the market Archers founded last year and will be the hosts for next years shoot Have skunks been digging up your lawn Let them alone They are killing off an insect pest which if un molested will completely destroy the lawn This advice comes to us from Smith Gorham St Newmarket who intrigued by the holes in his lawn and suspecting the skunks wrote to naturalist Hugh for further information Mr replied that he had been very glad to hear that his very close friends the skunks had been at work that the holes were caused by the skunks digging for the larvae of the May or June beetle The beetle he said if left alone would completely destroy the lawn Leave the skunks atone and they will clean up the beetle larvae he writes Most persons blame skunks for digging up their lawn and destroy the skunks Then they have the much bigger problem on their hands of the white grubs Their lawn turns brown and since there are no skunks to eat the grubs they are stuck with their problem he adds Mr Smith says he has heard that someone in the neighborhood shot a skunk on his lawn but that while apparently hurt it was able to escape tie points out it is against the law to dis charge a fiiearm within the limits of town The possibility that Newmarket may yet have a swimming pool in the near future has been strengthened in recent weeks The publication of a sketch of a pro posed community park at the old fair grounds has caught the imagination of young and old and suggestions and offers of assistance are growing Attention has been focused on be installed shortly after the fair grounds ever since the work of placing floodlights there The committee still has a big job ahead of it More funds are began This project under the required to reach the abjective chairmanship of Charles with a committee of Albert Top- ham George and Ken has reached the point where the poles are being put into pos ition this week and it is expected that the lighting equipment will Mayor Vale and Eugene McCaffrey chairman of the trade fair committee are shown as Mayor Vale declared the third annual fair officially open last Wednesday night After four successful afternoon and evenings Mr McCaffrey in a short closing address late Saturday night attributed the success of the fair to the manner in which all participants cooperated I want to thank every one who worked so hard to make this fair the success it was he declared Mr McCaffrey was presented with a pen and pencil set by the exhibitors in appreciation of his efforts Era and Ex press photo 1 District Reported Good Despite Leather Harts LayOffs The Newmarket Aurora and district employment picture is generally good despite continuing layoffs at two leather plants and the indefinite shutdown of Harts Mfg hi Aurora Coll is Leather in Aurora is operating with a limited staff and the Davis Leather Co in Newmarket is reported to have about a third of its normal Working force on duty With the exception of these sales three soft spots the labor pic- face theft trial Two Toronto men were com mitted for trial Tuesday morning at magistrates court in Bradford on charges that they robbed the Bradford bank July 20 HOUR SKATING FEES All members of the Newmarket Figure Skating club arc reminded that the fees of are due by September and are payable at the Dominion Bank iNEWMKL AURORA SHOW GROWTH IN POPULATION Newmarket has shown a population In emu over percent in the yen from to to the prelim figure released week Newmarket has inflation of compar ed to MM la Ml Aurora also shows an in crease from in Ml to in the latest No have yet been given the township or village and it was stressed ft that above figure are v awl Air art a mm of it city area and here is rtmmmiimw their generally bright and in some instances there is a heavy demand for more help Farmers and marsh gardeners are asking for all the help they can get according to Gordon Down wardsupervisor of the district unemployment office at Newmar ket There is also a continuing de mand for qualified carpenters in the construction business Mr Downward reports There has been no lessening of construction in the area covered by the office and which includes Aurora New market and North York gener ally Other potential employers are road building firms at work on the highway That job is being and already there has been a call for labor At present the unemployment office has men arid women in the district registered with them as unemployed A run down of district industries shows all of themwith the exceptions noted above operating at capacity and in some instances as in the case of Guild Industries running over time Shifts Harts Mfg which makes elec trical switches and other require ments for the appliance industry closed down for holidays on July and extended the break anoth er two weeks to August The plant reopened on August but closed down indefinitely on Aug ust The plant normally em ploys about Tiie firm is reported to have plenty of orders but its customers are holding back because credit restrictions have lowered Many of those employed locally as a rule are seeking out jobs elsewhere Some of them special skills or experienced from wartime production are seeking Jobs hi the airplane plants near Toronto One or two highly skill ed workers have gone across the border and into the war plants in the United States where their abilities are in demand School Enrol merit High en New NH Wing Pay Aid On PS Books Many changes will mark the opening of the New market schools on September d Among them are ad ditions to the teaching staffs increased enrolment among the students in all schools the opening the new at the school and the purchasing of the text books for ah elementary school children Staff changes in the public j College of Education will NO ACTION TAKEN IN BEACH FENCE DISPUTE Saturday Aug deadline in the North fence dis pute came and went without parent repercussion The town ship had been given until that of 5000 The committee has collected over 2000 Hut this start the committee has vis ualized the park as major rec reation centre with playing fields swimming pool and other facili ties These possibilities were embodied in a sketch published in The Era and Express and the idea has received many expres sions of approval Indicative of the support has been the offer of the Davis Lea ther Co Ltd to pay the wages of Davis employees working on the swimming pool No commit tee has been named as yet to consider this possibility The Lions are sard to be inter ested in the swimming pool idea day to restore the fence torn down on pfopertv which Miss Lit expression of policy will claims is hers The follow an executive meeting this week There is a strong belief shared township says it is public prop erty Miss had fenced off hi section of the beach opposite her Lions club members that guest lodge The township moved the fence Miss threatened to bring action against FIDDLERS CONTEST AUCTION SALES AT KESWICK FUNFEST Big doings are planned for Keswick over the monthend weekend On Friday Aug 31 and Saturday Sept an antique show and sale are planned at the North Memorial centre and on Saturday there will be a parade of decorated cars and bicycles lead by St An drews Girls Pipe Band There will also be mens and girls Softball games and a tug- of- war contest for the Canadian Legion shield and a horseshoe pitching contest for the Lake championship trophy A highlight of the day will be the donkey ball game with South Beach playing the North Beach Another feature will be the old time fiddlers contest with good prizes in each of three age groups There will be a clown band and show pony rides for the children and on Friday and Saturday nights dances in the arena The draw for the Optimist club ear will be made on Saturday night in school include the transfer of Francis to the Prince Charles school as assistant principal Mrs Muriel Burger replaces Mrs Elsie Czernick at Alexander school and Mar garet Barry coming from ville replaces Mr at the Stuart Scott school Kelly replaces Mrs Joan Bailey at the high school Miss Kelly a graduate of the On- AB Hulse the township if it was not restor ed by last Saturday As far as can be discovered no action has been taken yet by Miss In the meantime the township has removed another fence from the beach at Island Grove 400 Entries In Horticultural Show Best Ive Seen Yet Judge Says FREAK COB Seymour Andrews Davis Dr Newmarket was husking his corn the other morning when he dis covered a freak growth of four fully formed attached to a fifth and larger r Over entries were record ed in the Newmarket Horticul tural societys summer show in the Memorial Arena on Satur day The show the heaviest in many years was judged by Leonard Butt wellknown com mercial glad grower Mr Butt called attention to the many wonderful species ex hibited in the Horticultural so cietys show which he felt was the best he had judged in New market Its small vonder Newmarket has such a high rep utation for growing flowers when you can produce a show like this he told the committee members Howard Proctor and Howard Hugo were cochairmen of the show committee Both men were pleased with the coopera tion given them by the societys members and the excellent qual ity of the many entries Many new exhibitors were welcomed to the show which featured over separate clas ses and many new prizes It was the largest vegetable exhibit held by the society Hayes won the T Eaton Trophy awarded to the exhibitor with the highest number of points In the flower shows for the year He had first and eight second prizes The cup for the sweep stake glad donated by Charles Barman was won by Mrs Charl es Barman as was the cup dona- led by Russell Hughes for the best spike of gladioli introduced after Mrs Louise Hayes won the first prize one dollar in bulbs for the sweepstake glad in the beginners section Charles Sim mons won the Perks donation of one bag of fertilizer for having the highest number of points in the beginners section Prizes donated by the Bank of Montreal for the best living room basket went to Mrs Charles Har mon and Arthur Ainsley Mrs Harmon won the first prize for cut flowers display donated by the Dominion Bank Howard Hugo took second prize in this class Mr Mathews Keswick took the cup this year for the highest points in the vegetable class The cup was donated by Howard Proctor Prize winners in the public school wild flower vase included first Edgar second Lynda third Jane Le- Gresley and special basket of glads Gail The groceries donated by in the exhibitors lucky draw was won by Helen Mc- Bride Of Ont Legion A Ab was elec ted president of the Ontario Command of the Canadian Le gion yesterday at the biennial convention in Cornwall The popular Aurora man succeeds Lt Col Fitzgerald of Tor onto Mr is a lawyer in Auro ra and is well known as the author of the column Down the Centre in the Era and Express An enthusiastic athlete as a boy his interest in sports has been expressed in recent years through his column Mr is a veteran of the Canadian Armored Corps He is married and has two children He was active in the founding of the Aurora brand of the Canadian Legion and since has maintained a keen interest affairs serving in sev eral executive positions IN STOVE FIRE Mrs William slight arm burns when a de fective pilot light of her gas stove caused an explosion in her home on the north Lake Wilcox road on Tuesday afternoon A neighbor disconnected the pipe leading from the outside gas tanks to the stove averting dam- age to the house Aurora fire department was called Mrs Rowland lives in a Mitchell cot tage tench French and girls physical training This is her first school Gardiner will teach home economics and Harold Cun ningham will teach general shop work at the high school this year These two additions to the teach ing staff will occupy two of the three rooms provided in the new wing Miss Gardiner comes here from London schools while Mr Cunningham taught last year at Uxbridge He is a former stu dent of Newmarket high school Enrollment in the Newmarket schools is higher this year than in In the high school the expected enrollment is approxi mately an increase of about over last years J principal said that the general increase this year is spread throughout grades 10 and Last years definite increase in grade has carried over into the grade classes In the public schools over 100 new registrations have been re ceived with some yet to come These are confined mostly to kin dergarten and grade Kindergarten pupils living west of the tracks will attend kindergarten in the forenoons when school opens in Septem ber Those residing on the east side of the tracks will have their class in the afternoon About halfway through the school year these classes switch so that the east side kindergarten children go in the mornings and the others in the afternoons A Jackson supervising prin cipal of the Newmarket public schools said that parents arc cau tioned against purchasing text books for elementary school chil dren prior to the opening of school Pupils are not required to purchase their own text books According to a depart mental regulation passed about six months ago each school board receives a grant from the provin cial government of per pupil based on the average attendance during A list of text and supplemen tary books will not be published this year The individual teach ers will inform the children on their first day of school regarding any supplementary supplies which are required A list of high school texts for the first two grades are found elsewhere TO FRIDAY Carl McLean 37 charged with attempted murder of his wife at attempted suicide and carrying a concealed weap on was remanded in magistrates court in Newmarket last week until Friday The charges were laid following an attack on Mrs McLean from whom he had been legally separated at her apartment August wide and include all other town organizations As the situation stands now a start has been towards a community park with the erection of the floodlights The original committee also plans on renovat ing the fair grounds diamond and repairing the bleachers With this job out of the way it is pointed out that the next step of a swimming pool or playing field could be started It is the kind of continuing project which might be spread over several years with all or ganizations participating ami with a master plan for an allround recreation centre there says Charles VanZant chairman of the present committee A start has been made on the floodlights With help it can be completed and paid for in short order Then a representative committee can decide on the next steps Those Donkeys Are Back Again Two nights of Donkey Base- a prize to the boy or girl ball are being sponsored by the years of age or under who can Newmarket Optimist club next detect the one misspelled word Thursday and Friday The Op- on one Optimist Donkey Base- on bucking steeds which bull poster Those eligible ore havent been fed for a week wild asked not to remove the poster and ready to go will meet an but to write their name on a slip ailstar town Softball team of paper stating the word spelled Thursday Aug 30 and the incorrectly and stating where Legion Friday Aug poster is located Slips will The donkey ball games start be accepted at the Era and Ex- each night at pm A parade press office starting Monday with players hi costume will Children are asked to mark leave the town hall for down the time they hand them the ball park at the fair grounds in There will be a lucky mission by the ticket in the crowd The prize will be presented to the holder hc Ball each night at the game games will go- towards boys The Optimists are also giving work in Newmarket T J A Friday Aug St Donkey base ball between Newmarket Optim ists and an All Star town league team at Stuart Scott Friday Sept The famous Band will be at the Newmarket Memorial Arena sponsored by the Newmar ket Lions Club Thursday The Even tag Branch of St Pauls will hold a utd clothing and White sale in the Parish hall from to pm Saturday bingo in North Memorial hall Kes wick at pm under the aus pices of the Building Board Spe cial prizes curds tf27 Every Friday Dancing In Mem orial arena Keswick Bob and orchestra pm Sponsored by Keswick Op timist club Frank Vandenburg Newmarket who has lost practically all vision displayed an Interesting array of baskets and furniture products of his own skill at weaving at the Trade Fair Mr display was in the centre of the arena and was provided for him by the merchants and Horticultural He has last his sight except for tenpeKent In oh but despite this handicap has developed a high skill weaving Era and Express photo