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0KSfeS REPORT el Opposition To Plant m Insists That Hydro Be Reconstructed A general meeting of the town council was held in the municipal chambers on Tuesday night when there were present Mayor Bell Reeve Cook DeputyReeve Murray Councillors Corbett Fielding Gundy Jones and Also present were town clerk K G Moses and Mrs Dickson town clerk A considerable number of they were still of the same mind were present led by Mr and were definitely opposed to I P Evans regarding the Garat company plant- Mr S Gordon Hoffman was also present The usual first business of council dealing with correspond ence was held over in order to the installation of the plant in their area Mr Evans further claimed that it was set forth in planning board rulings that where a majority of the residents were opposed to the setting up of G SINCLAIR Editor PAGE ELEVEN THURSDAY THE SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYONE immediately hear the petitioners a Plant in their area the views of represented by Mr Evans Be cause there were not enough chairs to accommodate the visi tors most of whom had to stand during the hearing Asked by Mayor Bell what he had to say further in the matter Mr Evans replied that they had stated their case at the earlier meeting of council and he saw no reason to rehash it It was for council to say what it proposed to do in view of the petition op posing the installation of the companys plant in a residential area Mr and Engineer Invited by the mayor to speak Mr Garfat dealt at some length with the features of the proposed plant of the company He maintained that as it would be constructed on the newest and most modern lines there would be no risk of odors The town engineer was under stood to concur in Mr residents must be allowed Asked by the mayor if that was their final view in the mat ter Mr Evans replied that they were firmly opposed to the petitioner asked the mayor where the matter stood now and received the reply that no action would be taken in the matter at present The petitioners with drew after Mr Evans had thank ed the mayor and council for the attention received- Infraction Of Bylaws Deputy- Reeve Murray brought up the subject of the new hydro building asking what being done to conform with the in struction of council that it be re constructed in accordance with the motion that had been passed at their last meeting He said that it was being freely rumored that the hydro commission had no intention of carrying out the re quest of council Mayor Bell replied that the claims that the new plant would hydro now admitted that they not be detrimental in any way the interests of the residential area concerned and was further understood to say that the de partment of health was fully sat isfied in the matter An argument put forward that the interests of the residents would be guaranteed was chal lenged by a petitioner opposing the plant who asked what vaiue they could place in guarantees in view of the fact that the coun cil allowed its own bylaws to be broken in the building of town properties DeputyReeve Murray inter vened to say that the infraction of bylaws was a matter that would have to be attended to im mediately No Action Yet Following considerable discus sion the deputyreeve suggested that the petitioners withdraw for a little time to study the argu ments put forward by Mr and the submissions of the town engineer and then return to council and say whether they had found reasons for any alteration in their opposition to the plant being installed on the proposed site Absent for about half an hour Mr Evans and other petitioners came back to council to stale that had made a mistake to which Mr Murray replied that there was no excuse at all for the building or the canopy going over the line and the sidewalk In a lengthy statement the deputyreeve attacked the coun cils neglect of its own building bylaws and said that they must take a stand now in regard to the hydro building Unless they did so it would he useless for coun cil to instruct other people on bylaws which council did not itself carry out Motion For Action Following a protracted discus sion on the Land Use ByLaws it was resolved that the new hydro building should be made to conform with the motion pas sed by coucil at its meeting on August A motion by Councillor Field ing seconded by Councillor Cor- belt to the effect that the hydro commission show evidence of action was being taken in reconstructing the building and that such evidence be produced at the next meeting of council was earned A full review of the fore going meeting of council will ap pear in next weeks Council Sidelights AURORA PERSONALITIES TF To become designated as a personality one must possess certain traits that differentiate its holder from the mass of men traits may be either intel lectual or physical in character In the latter category an unusual hat will set off a man as a per sonality We remember a time when Mr Winston Churchill known throughout his native land as the man who wears the funny hats Churchills 50 to different styles in hats were a source of national amusement and because of his flair for unusual headdress lie became a British personality This phase preceded his later fame as politician and a connois seur in cigars Mr Swindle better known as Tom Swindle is a personal ity not because he wears funny has but for other reasons not so common He is known as on aggressive man whose sharp tongue cun make enemies But none would deny his mental and his enthusiasm for the success of causes once he has thrown in his lot with them Successful Farmer Born on a farm at near he later farmed there un til when in the spring of that year he was appointed sup erintendent of the Innisfree farms a position he was to hold for and a half years He did not secure that impor tant position without proof of farming merits He studied agri culture and out of his studies won a prize entitling him to a course at As a practical farmer the num erous trophies he won in provide solid evidence of his skill knowledge and energy Trophies Won A beautiful silver trophy his award as second prize in the Ontario plowmans association in provincial plowing match at the experimental November association he look first prize at King his award being a four- piece silver tea set On the same day at King he won a special prize for the best finish in sod in any class On November 2 he won a silver trophy in a plowing match in the at Whitby In the same month and year at Richmond Hill he won a swivel hook for the crown in sod in a King and match While these are not all they rep resent major triumphs in in the practical farming career of Tom Farms During the years Mr Swindle held the position of sup erintendent of the farms he won a number of important awards Chief among these was a silver tea set and silver tray for the best dairy herd showing for two years in succession A member of this herd won the reserve allAmeri can award for twoyearolds in On retirement Mr and Mrs Swindle received from the Walk er family owners of farms a very beautiful Westmin ster chiming clock as an expres sion of appreciation for his ser vices during which he had entire control of all the farms flic inscription on the clock reads From the younger mem bers of the Walker family Dur ing Mr Swindles years of service the older original of the farms had passed on Retirement Irksome Finding retirement irksome af ter a long active life Mr Swindle accepted a position offered to him by the Col I is Leather Company This was in the blue sorting de partment of which he was placed in charge In and in he was elected to the Aurora town council He was appointed as one of the seven arena commissioners served for two years His recent resignation from the com CoL7 EDITORIALS UNSIGNED ARENA REPORT The first fault we have to find with the report from the arena commission a copy of which was pub lished in our issue of August 23 is the absence of any signatures to it It is reasonable to expect that such a report would have been signed by the chairman or the secretarytreasurer or both of the arena com mission In the absence of any authorizing signatures the report has no more value than a scrap of paper We would like to have been informed on what auth ority the report was issued and by whom it was sanc tioned All we know is that a copy of the unsigned report was handed out by Mayor Bell at the council meeting on August 20 for the use of the press No member of the commission was present at council to explain any questions that might be asked and the unsigned report was adopted by council without com ment or discussion This would appear to be a very offhand method of proceeding with arena activities involving more than for a years operating figures No insurance policy motor licence building permit and so on would have any value whatsoever unless signatures were on them to ensure guaranty We do not like to discuss statements that are unsigned emanating from unspeci fied sources but as regards the arena commission report there is no alternative Assuming the report was signed there are a num ber of questions concerning it of public interest The unsigned report represents a payment of for interest on debentures and principal on debentures and presumably these payments were for the year There is the sum of shown as a balance on hand as of July If it is true as we believe is the case that a further payment of for interest and principal on debentures fell due in August there will be a deficit and not a credit FREE TIME COST Simply the unsigned report appears to show a two years earning period but only one interest and debenture payment If this is correct then the report suggests a rosy financial picture which does not now exist in view of the further interest on debentures and principal on debentures amounting to falling duo for pay ment last month The balance on hand on July 1951 of would be wiped out in August and the arena project will commence its winter activities faced with a cash deficit The unsigned report claims that hours of ice time was supplied free for minor hockey practices and games and Sunday public skating This free time should have been estimated at cost and set out in the report so that an overall picture could be shown No such estimate has been made in the report and any comment on it would be mere speculation serving no useful purpose The arena is one of Auroras major public invest ments of and we suggest that the public is entitled to better treatment than is provided by an unsigned report Instead of adopting the report with out comment or discussion the town council ought to have held it over for purposes of clarification Council should have requested information on such matters as the auditing of the accounts and by whom the report was authorized Council did none of these elementary things and by neglecting them failed in another of its public responsibilities Unless the arena activities are selfsupporting an additional financial load will have to be carried by the taxpayers There is no apparent reason why the arena activities should not be selfsupporting if they are handled in a businesslike manner Any committee that does not issue signed reports of its activities can hardly claim to be businesslike WHY DID SWINDLE RESIGN It was surprising that no member of council brought up the question of Mr Swindles resignation at its meeting on August when it was decided without dis cussion to reappoint the remaining members of the arena commission for a further two years of office Was council afraid of Mr Swindle and thought it better to try and bury him with as little comment as pos sible Surely he deserved a vote of thanks from council for his two years service on the arena commission It would have been a gracious thing for council to have said Thank you Mr Swindle for the time you have given to the unpaid job to which we appointed you two years ago You have thought fit to resign but thanks all the same Mi Swindles major trouble appears to be that he speaks his mind in the public interest Some members of council dont like that Their nervous systems are disturbed by a little criticism and from whatever source it comes theyd like to close that noisy trap For tunately however they dont always succeed Mr Swindle who was the representative of the recreation commission on the arena commission in his explanatory remarks to the former body said it was hopeless trying to work with the arena commis sion Members didnt attend regularly even the mayor and Councillor Gundy had attended two meetings only Members of the arena commission are appointed by the town council The present membership is com posed of Mr It Underbill chairman Mr secretary treasurer Mayor Hell Councillor Gundy Mr A Cousins and Dr Henderson A seventh member is to bo appointed to succeed Mr Swindle Some more elucidation on Mr Swindles resignation WHAT THEY ARE SAYING Why Is Tom Dickson Going Stories Of Vacation Tours Through Canada And There have been so many changes in Aurora since the beginning of the year that one is inclined to what is coming next They are saying there will be some changes in the town council setup when the muni cipal elections come along in December THEATRE AURORA CLIFFORD GRIFFITHS MANAGER TEL FRIDAY SATURDAY SEPT 8 We are concerned however with what has already happened not with what may happen And one thing that is disturbing many people is the imminent depar ture of Mr Tom Dickson We were in a friends house when a telephone enquiry came through This was to ask for confirmation of Mr Dicksons reported intention to accept a position as arena manager and recreation director in the town of Aylme Our friend had heard nothing of the report and was considerably taken aback with the enquiry He was not more astonished than we were The first thought that such news provoked was What has got that Aurora hasnt They are towns of comparable size Neither town so far as we know is on the crest of a new prosperity Why should Tom Dickson want to leave Aurora to make a new home in These were natural questions in such a situation A Popular Man We make no bones about it We like Tom Dickson He has always seemed to us the right man for the job he has held in Aurora for the past two years He has an easy friendly manner He has made himself very pop ular especially among the younger folk And these are the tendance on the part of the mem bers of the commission These are matters which we are dealing with in our editorial column at the present time Without enthusiastic coopera tion on the part of all the mem bers of the commission success will not come to the Memorial Arena Meantime it is a matter of the deepest regret that Aurora is to lose Tom Dickson He seemed to us the ideal man for the job he was given IS Davis In June of this year we noted in these columns the anni versary of the wedding of Mr and Mrs Davis In ant old history which included Au rora we read this of Mr Davis Mr Davis established himself in business here twelve years ago and since that time has met with pronounced success The Mr Davis of that time is still going strong He can make the honorable claim of being Auroras oldest business man and will celebrate years of activity as a merchant at an early date having commenced here in the year We are happy to state that both Mr and Mrs Davis arc enjoying the best of health In conversation with his son a the other day we folk that matter in the job he learned of new projects that are was appointed to do If the arena is to be successful it will have to attract to itself the young people in Aurora Mr Dickson has the right tempera ment and the right manner to appeal to younger people Him self a successful sportsman he has developed many excellent young Aurora sportsmen He has done wonders in work ing for the young folk through the recreation commission He hasnt spared himself We be lieve we are correct in stating that he has had no vacation since his in Aurora We know that he has done a lot of voluntary work purely in the interests of the young And the young folks to our knowledge have idolized Tom Dickson Why Is He Going We have not seen Mr Dickson since the last meeting of the rec reation commission which was held on August 17 If there is an inside story we have not heard it All we have beard is that Ayhner has offered him oppor tunities that he has not had here especially as regards remunera tion He will we understand better himself financially The arena problem Is one that is becoming increasingly discus sed in Aurora The public has 80000 invested in the arena and that is a big investment The arena will have to enjoy an accelerated success if the deben ture loan is to he liquidated That sort of success does not ap pear to be coming its way at the present time To our best knowledge the arena commission had a meeting in April and a further meeting in July Another meeting we believe is scheduled for this month That pace is much too slow to make a suet ess of the arena especially in view of the fact that there is no regular at- under consideration affecting the modernization of their business premises These are to be alter ed so as to provide greater of fice space and other trading fa cilities Theatre Feature We draw the attention of our readers to a special serial feature which will be released at the Royal theatre on September entitled The Sea Hound writ ten around the daredevil ad ventures of that celebrated char acter Silver The serial will be released in episodes and will star Larry Buster and will make an especial appeal to the young folk of all ages Other excellent attractions at the Royal are an nounced in an adjoining column of theatre news Manager Clifford Griffiths re ports a continuance of fine at tendances at the Royal where every effort is made to put on shows of outstanding interest Canadian Tour Entering the Hudson confec tionery store on street the other evening we saw a deeply- tanned man emerge from the rear shadows It was none other than John Hudson himself from a Canadian tour last ing over a month In his Mr and Mrs Hudson had covered over miles including one days run of around miles lie had a delightful story to re late of the fine time they had had together From Aurora they pro ceeded to Ottawa Montreal Quebec city and down the St Lawrence to Montjoli to New Brunswick Sydney and across the Gulf of St Lawrence to Newfoundland For fifteen days they toured Newfoundland doing 1100 miles by train miles by car and Page Col Aurora Lawn Bowlers At Stouffville Newmarket With lawn bowling contests in full swing members of the Aurora club are enjoying a share of some of the winnings It is generally admitted that the Aurora lawn bowling greens are not surpassed by any and are in fact superior to most The Aurora club is not among the largest in numbers but its members are exceedingly active and include some very fine bowlers The Aurora club was represent ed at the mixed trebles contests last week where rinks competed for the Watts trophy and accompanying prizes Aurora was represented by George Mrs Patten- den and Russell Sinclair This team was surpassed only by rink from who won the tournament They did however come in sec ond with Earl Hearts letim from taking third place Another Aurora rink skipped by Morris and which includ ed Mrs and Leo Potter Was high for one win M There was a splendid turn out for the Newmarket mixed trebles contest when rinks entered The Newmarket teams playing ill great style proved themselves the victors by taking first sec ond and third places Rose and V Goring won the above contests respectively Two high wins were brought off by N skip while high for one win was recorded by G Mrs and Morris Although the ancient summer game is now passing Its heyday for there are still many contests ahead during the months OH FOR THOSE WILD AND WONDERFUL DAYS when you kissed blushed and blundered through the teens ON THE SCREEN AT LAST The stories that thrilled 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