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Meets Under the presidency of the- Aurora Rotary club held a Christmas meeting on Monday Dec when a feature of the festive proceedings was the hearty singing of Christmas carols Preceding these vocal rendi tions was a discussion in which many of the members present took an active part A novel dis tribution of Christmas presents was also a feature of the festive occasion The suggested So ciety is receiving a hearty re sponse and further information on this important project is ex pected shortly to be available- One of the most recent initi ates to the Aurora Rotary club is Mr Sam King of Mark Ave Aurora Aurora Social Jews The Misses Edna and Lena Corp of Toronto spent Christmas with Mrs Willis Mr and Mrs Stan May of and daugh ter Victoria spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs A M Cody Mrs Charles Webster and Mr and Mrs Mclntyre spent Christmas at the home of Mr and Mrs Steels Toronto Mr and Mrs Clarence Davis entertained Miss Sulli van and Mr James Hunter both of Toronto to dinner on Christ- mas Day Mr and Mrs Bruce Van Loon and son Bill of Toronto are visiting vith Mr and Mrs Davis Mr and Mrs Vbitelaw and Mr and Mrs Paul and Judy spent Christmas day with friends at Port Credit Dr Watson and Mrs Watson Hall entertained friends from Oakville and Halifax over Christmas Reservations Plane Steamship Ball Hotels No extra cost PHONE AURORA i COFFEE SHOP a firstClass Meal In Bright Surrounding Jr Grilled Steak Chops Hamburgers To Choke of Quick Lunches lly Cafe Good Service 11 ST inge Of Greeting Cards etc Agent For Era Classified Ads St Aurora l PhmB The Drug Store News- etc St Telephone I I PAGE FIVE FRIDAY THE TWENTYEIGHTH OF DECEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYONE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING Santa Comes To Town Leaving Hospital Visit From 0M Army Boy Timeless Old Santa Claus came to Aurora on Saturday Dec on a preliminary visit As the children Know he will be here again in the early hours of Tuesday Dec 25 This visit of Saturday afternoon last was made no doubt in order to get a complete list of all the Aurora children who have qualified for a good Christmas stocking The likelihood is that none of them will be passed over Around on Saturday after- However Mr Tucker did not of an call to talk on council matters noon we heard the music of an approaching band and looking from our office window we saw considerable crowds lined up on both sides of When we arrived at the office soon after 1 oclock there were already many of the younger generation in evidence on the streets This was the day this was It He had something else on his mind which we were very glad to hear about He is among other welfare work in which he has interested himself chairman of the William Wilkie sond Fund which now amounts to the sizeable sum of 2500 This money is in the security of The music of the bugle band fthe Fund trustees and became more immediate and Mr Tucker was very anxious soon the parade itself came into that a generous public should view were too interested know just amount has been in the scenes that met our eye to contributed so far There is still DANCE TO THE MUSIC Dor Orchestra EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT GRAYSTONES AURORA KM make more than a few notes and even these are a little jum bled which is excusable in view of the passing by of so many at tractive floats and other features including the longest elephant have ever scon Sponsors Deserve Praise There was the Citizens bond huddled together in a Davis truck They made music but by heavens well warrant it was a cold job One of the musicians on his way to the mustering point dropped in at Jack Hud sons confectionery store and the keys of his instrument were frozen- How he ever got them into action greatly puzzles us Mr Hudson gave him a recipe to cure his frozen instrument but whether that Old Sweat of War I serious or just fooling we cannot say Anyway the members of the Citizens band were huddled tight as sardines in a tin But they made music on what was doubtless the coldest day have had this year The Polar Bear Palace a most appropriate float for such a day was a happy thought on the part of Cases Ice and Cartage It was an ex tremely attractive presentation The Long John Silver float sponsored by Mr Hawkins was another outstanding feature as were Stouts Motors Old Mother Goose and the happy time kids float of Aurora Greenhouses Altogether the Aurora Santa parade vas a very success ful production reflecting the greatest credit on all who had played their many and varied parts in giving happiness to the children and enjoyment to their elders The sponsors of the parade deserve praise and thanks for the putting on of such a fine show Pine On Saturday morning and af ternoon last we had of visitors to our office among them Mr Ralph Tucker lately become to our great personal satisfaction a member of the town council of We work ed very hard for Mr Tucker in the election of last year and pre dieted he would make the grade this year He did make the grade by substantial majority over his nearest opponent NOTICE to CREDITORS TUB OF FOSTER AH having claims against the estate of George Albert Foster Into of the town of Aurora In the County of York gentleman who tled on twentysecond day of May are hereby notified to send In to the undersigned on or before the third day of January full particular of their claims Immediately after Inst mentioned date the assets of the said estate will be distributed amongst tho parties entitled there to having reKflrd only to the of which the undersigned shall then have had notice Oatrd at Aurora this twelfth day of December WIJHnni George Foster Isabel AdifQbtratom By Leo Aurora aa PHONE NORTH AURORA Look for the Car With the Taps need for additional donations from those who can afford to give to such a fine cause Mr Tucker informed us that he had had a telephone call from the Rehabilitation officer at paraplegic hospital stating that Wilkie will be dis charged early in the new year and that arrangements are being made for him to live at a private home in while he at tends Shaws college for a secre tarial course The committee of which Mr- Tucker is chairman be ask ed to ratify the purchase of an automobile equipped hand controls to enable Wilkie to take the course which will last for approximately one year If the committee ratifies the purch ase of the car our readers may look forward to pictures of the presentation being shown in Au rora News Pages The Fund committee has worked very hard to give this stricken boy every of making a comeback and leading as far as possible normal life that will be perman ently handicapped by paralysis Tribute is due to the committee for their undaunted efforts in a fine human cause As wc have mentioned more money is still needed and those who would like to make a contribution should do so to Ralph G Tucker Aurora or to the treasurer of the Fund Mr fine Imperial Bank Aurora Old Aurora Boy Another of our visitors to our hall office last Saturday afternoon was Alderman Clifford of the city council of We have not seen him for more than a year He won another outstanding victory at the polls in the munici pal elections on Monday Dec when he outdistanced all competitors vith a score of 5094 votes His nearest rival was brother of Toron tos former mayor who came in second vote of Al derman was first elected to the city council in and is the veteran member of that civic body Mr was here on visit to relatives and friends in the home town He has many relatives in Aurora including a brother and a sister Mrs Frank Grainger Another brother Charlie lives at New market In Aurora also he has an and an aunt Mrs Sev eral cousins also reside here in cluding Stew Patrick Marshall Rank jeweller St Mrs Norman and Mrs Greta and Kenneth Holland Landing Mrs Charlotte Patrick mother of Stew Patrick is another of his aunts Mr has a great know ledge of municipal work accum ulated through his long on the city council He left with us an agenda of the council meeting of December and this wo found very Interest ing Ho Is still deeply Interested In what goes on In Aurora and said some kind things about our Aurora News Pages to which ho subscribes He asked us to extend his best wishes to Dr Rose and the new Aurora council for the year Crowded Tho foregoing notes were crowded out of last weeks issue subjectmatter still enough to print this week same pressure on our Christmas caused the hold ing over of the report of the De cember council meeting now For this report we Indebted to our colleague managing editor John A Meyer who attended in our final meeting of council We wiah til our readers May- Crawford and all member of the council a Hippy Mew Year i tiiiUatfAvlfc NEW YEAR WISHES Everybody is wishing for something in the new year that he or she missed out on in We know a young man who is wishing that next year will see a great improvement in his skittle alley bowling and we know a few lawn bowlers who have put their plastic marbles away with the mothballs in the hope that when the turf is green again theyll show better form than ever before It is a good thing to wish In fact if we look into ourselves a good deal of our conscious life is made up of wishing Not to wish for something or other is a sign of mental decay The man who is satisfied with himself and everything around him is not an enviable member of our human society This does not mean that we should not be thankful for many things we possess among them good health good hearing and good sight It is only when we lose one or another of these precious possessions that we realize we were not thankful enough All three are irreplaceable possessions and those who have them should be profoundly thankful Some people darken their future by regrets over the past Instead of looking forward they like Lots wife look back They regret this or that and the other Such people should take to heart what Somerset Maugham once wrote I have learned he said to regret nothing Since one cannot recall what is past one should look to the future The only use that the past can serve is a means of cheeking up on where we failed With this in mind our wish is that all our readers may have a good year in May you all have good health success and happiness above all health and happiness is the message of Aurora News Page for the new year HITTING THE LITTLE MAN A very illuminating talk we had the other day with a Main street merchant made us wise on a bill that looks like lxing passed by the federal parliament before the present session is concluded and is calculated to prove very detrimental to the livelihoods of the small retailers The major purpose of the new legislation is to free retail prices from existing restrictions What the new legislation appears to moan is this Retail prices at present restricted by the manufacturers will be freed and retailers will be able to fix their own prices for the customer At first glance this would appear to provide an equal chance for all retail mer chants hut a second glance reveals an altogether different picture In practice the new legislation the large department stores to fix their own prices to tho con sumer and this will imperil the livelihoods of great numbers of the smaller merchants who cannot buy in such huge quantities as the mammoth department stores While prices remain fixed to the scale set by the manu facturers the selling prices of the department stores and the small retailers arc equal The new legislation will free merchandise for a cutthroat competition in prices charged to the consumer and it is obvious that in such an unequal trade race the little man must lose out Those who go to the wall in this unequal struggle will be compelled to seek other means of finding a living And where will a graduate in pharmacy for example find that living Price controls in specialized merchandise were a wise provision imposed by the manufacturers to check the cutthroat competition will inevitably bo revived by their removal AN SOCIETY r A project emanating from the Aurora Rotary Club at the instance of a committee of which Rot a nun Gordon Hoffman is the chairman deserves very and cordial attention project concerns an Rider- craft Society and a great many people may wonder just what that means We understand that further information will be forthcoming from the committee itself but in the mean time we are offering following observations on our present understanding of the purpose of such a Society It is believed that there is a considerable number of elderly citizens In Aurora who might like to got to know each other and come together at regular intervals for social intercourse and also to engage in craft work of an interesting character An Eldercraft Society would provide the necessary opportunities for such meetings Many mow of and years and over aro at their mental best though numbers of them have gone into retirement of a lifetime of interests they inclined to become lonely and self- centred In they may come to feel they of little uso in a world that is active all around them These tragic consequences that of ton follow on retirement from a busy life But need not bo tragic consequences and the proposed Society is designed to divert thorn It is tho opinion of many medical of eminent standing that tho troublo with largo number of elderly people is not sickness but only loneliness and a sense of frustration To bring such people together to engage in inter- eating occupations is tho objective of Mr Hoffmans committee and we applaud that committee and tho Aurora Rotary Club as a whole for the work they are doing in furthering such splendid project Such work a real wrvice to their community We hope to have more information on it at an early date Kennedy St Petition Asks Withdrawal Of Original Sewer Request A petition for the withdrawal of the original Ken nedy St sewer petition was presented by and E J Henderson to the final meeting of the year of the Aurora town council last week The petition asked that in view of the excessive cost of the sewers of cents that the origi nal petition be withdrawn The most recent petition was signed by nine of the ten original peti tioners Councillor Victor Jones moved that it be accepted Coun cillor Fielding wondered if the petition could be granted with one of the original signers missing She was assured that it could be done and the town solicitor Lome Lee later enlarged on the point following a discussion on the legality of Councillor Jones motion He said that the motion was in order and the petition legal Dr Henderson also asked that funds be made available to the school board for payment of A letter from the provincial department of health in reply to a request from Aurora for a water resources survey said that such a survey was being taken of the entire province and that Aurora would be Included Permission was granted for the sale of the old fire truck The Gray Coach Lines were granted permission to pick up and charge passengers on Yonge St Mrs Joan Diamond was ap pointed deputy clerk at a salary of Continued on page col school building costs His re quest raised the question of the disposition of the school borrow ing bylaw and following a search of the files some doubt was raised as to whether it had actually been passed The mat ter was left to the solicitor and the town clerk to settle with provision made for a special council meeting to pass the by law if necessary A letter from the Home and School Association directed or iginally to the Recreation Com mission and forwarded to the council asked that more skating time be provided for Aurora children The letter was for warded to the arena commission A report was received from the solicitor of meetings he had attended with the planning board Make It A Habit Meet Your Friends At The ODHESS Store Two Graduate Pharmacists St Aurora TO Emergency Calls For Friendly Personal Service Shop At JOHN MORNINGS DRUG STORE ffi St Telephone v ROYAL VVS A CLIFFORD GRIFFITHS fc i sss Friday and Saturday jjgg 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