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he mile route tfayt year 3C- rtr King City And District Grateful recognition of faithful service mall on King rural route toKknd Mr Frank fefQL and wife at a of friend held In King Masonic hall Wednesday Hoy A Box holder and King postal employee hon ored the man who had not only given all energy and thought to a job well done they re membered the man whose milk of human kindness generosity ready smile and cheery word made hia name a household word to the countless number of faro It is little wonder that box holders and families found It a privilege to prepare a surprise for their 72yearold war veteran mailman and his helpmate It was easy for them to refresh their memories with her wonderful sense of humor and Jolly manner that could take the edge off a serious situation or an unex pected predicament with a merry laugh They knew Mrs Gam- f Si cay in wr -3s- we bus to 1 S feV would and the purpose of a goal regional office to have the accompany her husband on the of achievement bill reduced only a little over route when the mail was was deducted est or the roads were at their extension on the worst They were married in west end of King St was and her help during toe The bill was about past 10 year was remembered which was short of the Mr chair- estimate biU has been man evening which useful articles will be spent playing euchre prior to the ceremonial presentations Mr was presented with a Lazy Boy chair with matching foot Mrs Gambrill re celved a handpainted electric floor lamp There was also a purse of money with the gifts which will come in for the special holiday the couple are anticipating The gifts were presented by Mr Mr Leonard Hall and Mr Chafl Williams The ad dress of appreciation was read by Jennings After the presentations and a singsong refreshments Were served by the Meeting The annual meeting of rate payers of for the nomination and election of a trustee to King City school board for a threeyear term has been set for Wednesday Dee pm at the school It has been found that the statutory available for Christmas purposes There will be home baking mis cellaneous table and the touch and take counter well as fish pond for children Afternoon tea will be served Mrs Fred Curtis will officially open the event Two Seats Filled Trustee Donald and Robert King City baker have been acclaimed trustees of the police village of King City for the coming year A second civic nomination meet ing will be called to name the third position on the board Nominations were held in the Masonic hall on Friday night Nov 21 with a very small per centage of ratepayers present Mr Andrew was re turning officer Mr was nominated by C Wells and seconded by M A Wilson Mr nomination was proposed by Geo Armitage and seconded by Stanley Hunter Others nominated were trustee date which falls on Wednesday trustee Christmas and New I J Years has brought people to Irvm Scott the meetings In two or more Instances a second meeting has had to be called in order to arouse interest School business is every ratepayers business and the appointment of a trustee Is the responsibility of everyone in the section whether he or she has or has not children attend ing schooL Dr H G Barrie present chair man of the board automatically retires concluding his three- year term of office He states he does not intend to stand for reelection He believes the of fice should be passed on to ac quaint others with this import ant work of handling school af fairs Mr James Keens will be chairman of the board for the coming year Altogether he has been on the board for five years Mr Scott who was elected in December will commence his second year Present Sports Crest Young boys of Strange and Kinghorn junior softball team winners in a district league were presented with crests which will be worn on their uniforms by King City Lions at the dinner meeting of the club Nov held in the dining hall of the United church and cater ed by the Twelve players and their coaches Donald Gil- lias and Harold were recipients of the crests pre sented by Lion Jack Mr Graham Walter of Maple was the- guest speaker- As a member of the Olympic team that went to Amsterdam for competition a few years ago Mr Walter spoke on sportsmanship Harry Cunningham Dave Glass and George Mr who had resign ed from the trustee board early in November consented to file his qualification for the position after trustees Wells and Carson declined to stand When all but Mr Mr Brown Mr Glass who was not present and Mr had made their signatures of resignation it re mained for these four to decide upon their qualifications by pm on November George Brown and Dave Glass failed to qualify Mr was nominated as a councillor of King township paid The policy of the board adopted was that waterworks de velopment would only be made within the four boundaries of the village There is a deficit of about to be carried for ward into This amount has accrued from the large hy dro improvement bill which was far in excess of what the trus tees had anticipated Secondly it was not deemed wise to call for a debenture to carry the cost of the watermain expenditure To do so would have cost tax payers twice as much money in the end The policy was to pay now and get advantage of it It was paid for from the current account said Mr These expenditures in excess of what the budget provided for make for a deficit but they are capital assets to the village The extension is bringing a revenue and the street lighting was one of the major concerns of villagers who now reap the benefit of a more adequate system Mr pointed out The hydro bill was the largest expenditure of said trustee Wells I do not see any heavy expenditures for 1953 said Mr He commented on the conduct of discussion of the trustee board When we ran Into dif ferences of opinion we left the matter over until it was more thoroughly understood by each member before our final con clusions were reached For this reason there has been unanimity and cooperation throughout the year Our trustee board has done a good job We have something to show for the money expend- PH COMPUTE INSLEYS on the same afternoon of Nov at the municipal nominations held at With nomina tions to two positions he made the choice in favor of the vil lage trusteeship One hundred cement blocks were used to renew Keele Street sidewalks according to Mr who reviewed the years work in the community Name plates of streets and standards were installed Street lighting has been im proved and paid for Several new lights were installed and old ones were all rewired The bill from the hydro commission was staggering The order for the work was forwarded in and most of the work done in Prices had advanced and there was more work required than contemplated to give the village the improvement it re quired Despite the fact that the trustee board with Major Mackenzie had set in conference with the Toronto Farewell tiift to Rlddells Mr and Mrs Robert received a teapot and cups and aucers from their neighborhood friends at a presentation party held for them at the home of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Campbell line on Saturday evening For tyfive adults and nine children were present to wish them good luck as they leave their town- line home to settle on their farm at Yonge St subway Mrs Finch read the address and Mrs Lome Scott presented the gifts Mr and Mrs Frank Newton their son Don and his wife are moving onto the farm which Mr Newton has purchas ed Miss Bessie and Miss Dorothy Modgett Toronto were weekend guests of Miss Dorothy Armstrong They had accom panied Miss Armstrong on her European trip during the past summer GAMES 1 SPECIAL ii Jack Pot V- 1 iS ft it- wo fei J KVii S3saaasrW S i