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SERVING NEWMARKET AURORA AND THE RURAL DISTRICTS OF YEAR EXPRESS HERAU YEAR NO B AND P PROGRAM SPECIAL SALUTE TO WOMEN WHO WORK Addressing the October meet ing of the Business and Profes sional Womens club Newmar ket were three local women- In a salute to women who work the three speakers Mrs Eton Armstrong Mrs Nelson Ion and Miss Iilliaa Thomas spoke on their respective fields of inter est women in rural life jour nalism and the nursing profes sion The meeting was held in the King George hotel and was pre sided over by Miss Margaret Ward In charge of the program was Miss Nora Mcintosh who in troduced Mrs- Armstrong Guest instrumentalist was Kerry Pet ers who played two piano solos- There was a singsong following the turkey dinner Present for the meeting be sides the members of the local B- and P club were repre sentatives from the Teachers Federation Home and School association Womens Institute and other womens organizations in the community Miss Thomas was introduced by Mrs BevansJones and Mrs- Hooker introduced Mrs Ion Miss moved the vote of to the speakers The first speaker Mrs Ion outlined the responsibilities of a weekly newspaper while discuss ing its makeup Mrs Arm strong told of the history of the and gave some biographical sketches of women from other lands whom she had met at the convention in August of the As sociated Country Women of the World Miss Thomas in her talk told of the advancements in the nurs ing profession in recent years She dealt with the problems of maintaining a high standard in the profession and of increasing its numbers Poppy Day in Newmarket is this coming Saturday Nov Over young girls will be selling poppies made by dis abled veterans on the streets and from door to door By manufacturing these poppies disabled veterans earn money and proceeds from sales locally assist needy veterans and their families in the district LESION AUXILIARY SPONSORS COOKING SCHOOL TUESDAY An cooking school un der the sponsorship of the La dies Auxiliary Canadian Le gion Newmarket branch will be held In the town hail on Tues day Nov The dem onstrator is Clara Jefferson To ronto an IGA home economist As a grand prize a mix master will be given away It was don ated by J and Son Favors will be given to all who attend and there will be lucky draws for bags of groceries and other prizes Tickets are obtainable from members of the Ladies Auxil iary and at the door on the night of the cooking school STILL CARRY ON TRAPPING IN COUNTY OF YORK The trapping season in the dis trict opened Nov Those who think trapping is done only in the far north are wrong It is still carried on in York county A trapping agreement was ONTARIO THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1953 ove County Seat Remembrance Services At Church Cenotaph Sunday sented to the North Gwillimbury township council on Monday by HORT ASSOCIATION DISTRICT FIVE MEETING NOV 1 2 The annual meeting of District Ontario Horticultural associa tion will be held on Thursday Nov pm in the church hall of St Barnabas Anglican church 361 Ave To ronto Members of all the Hor ticultural societies within the district are welcome and each society is eligible to send voting delegates on the same basis as at the annual convention The program will include in the business session the election of the director for the dis trict Colored movies taken in the gardens of the host society will be shown Guest speaker will be Clifford Wilson an experienced and AT OAK RIDGES John Johnston Oak Ridges was killed instantly last night when he was hit by a car while he was crossing St high way at Oak Ridges Police said lift had stepped off a bus and walked into the path of a car dri ven by Claude Clarke IS HOLIDAYING Dr J Edwards has been on holidays since the last of Oc tober He will return to his of fice on November 16 A service of remembrance will be held at the ChristianBaptist church on Sunday when veterans and other citizens of Newmarket will be attending Rev Fred Breckon minister of that church will be the speaker There will be a service at the St cenotaph following the church service All veterans of the commun ity are asked to assemble at the market square behind the town hall at am The Newmar ket branch of the Canadian Le gion requests that berets and medals be worn Wednesday Nov Laying of wreatns will place at the cenotaph on St after the church service J Aiken minister at Trinity United church will officiate at the cenotaph Poppy day is Saturday when the symbol of remembrance the poppy will be sold on Newmar ket streets and from to door Over girls will be sell ing poppies manufactured by disabled veterans Profits from the sale in Newmarket will go to a local veterans welfare fund All veterans of Newmarket have been invited to attend the remembrance services in Hol land Landing Sunday evening at the Holland Landing United church The Legion asks all citizens of Newmarket to observe two min utes of silence at on THREE KILLED MARCH 20 Driver Involved In Crash Yonge St Sentenced Peter 25yearold Bar- lie resident was sentenced to six months in Jail by Judge Forsyth last week after a York County court jury found him guilty of dangerous driving Three persons were burned to death because of your dangerous driving Only the recommenda tion of leniency by the jury pre vents me from giving a more severe sentence said Judge For syth was driver of a car that smashed into the rear of another car on St a few hundred feet south of Eagle St Newmar ket last March 20 The driver of the second car Mrs Alice Robinson Newmarket and her Ron and daughterinlaw Mr and Mrs Robinson Newmar ket were burned to death when the fuel tank of their car explod ed Dr Ward Smith testified a test taken the morning following the accident showed parts per alcohol In blood A man would have to consume to ounces of whiskey or to pints of beer to attain that per centage he said That amount of alcohol would cause a man to he intoxicated as far as driving a car is concerned added Dr Smith said he had two glasses of beer at a tavern in Bradford around pm and a bottle of beer later before starting for Toronto Eric Bullock Newmarket said oar skidded feet before fritting the Robinson ve hicle and continued feet be yond the point of impact Hear Crop Success Stories From Queensville Marsh Success stories are already coming out of the new area of marsh farmland In North Gwill and East Gwillimbury townships Joe Gatti one of the pioneers in the development of the marsh land reports that his had marsh hay but which never been tilled Smith also owns acres of marsh land in Toronto on EgUn- ton St West near the Humbcr river He has now cold his acres in the Holland Marsh ant Is concentrating on develop crops this year have exceeded all acres in the expectations Over bushels of carrots alone were harvested by with more to come Lettuce was his most successful crop plans to widen canals and strengthen dykes Also developing the Queens- ville marsh is Bill Smith who left school in Toronto at the age of to work on the Holland Marsh In he purchased acres In the Holland Mann at Bradford known as Smith Gar dens III toe year he started making plans to develop land on the east fide of the Holland River On the east Queensville Marsh This year Smith has had 50 acres In test crops on his new- land Although his planting was late he claims that his crops are better than the crops he had in the Holland Marsh For next spring he plans to have 300 acres under cultiva tion He has men and machin ery breaking up new land Smith has plans to build homes and warehouses and to buy equipment that has never been seen operating on the marsh The development In the new area may be a boom for the a aotirce of employment HOPE ON THE FIFTH OF EAST SINCE NIGHT There is now Hope on the Fifth concession of East a few miles east of Newmarket j A new farm forum group was organized on the fifth concession of East Monday night at the of John Lowndes The group calls itself Hope on the Fifth The group was formed under the leadership of Sheldon Wal ker Sharon chairman of the York County farm radio forum The topic discussed by all farm forums on Monday night was the Department of Agriculture Representative and the Farmer The new forum agreed that the local Ag Rep offers ready help towards crop improvement care of land and livestock The help that is most needed from representative now Is in leader ship among young farmers it was agreed The Ag Rep could reach more people if he were invited to attend at least one meeting of each forum in the county It would stimulate more interest among forum members Hope on the Fifth decided The next meeting of the group will be held at the home of William Smith The Newmarket East forum sees how the farmer is helped by the Ag Rep through soil testing at the local office Cul ture for hay seeds bulletins and blueprints of mimeograph ing machines and advice on farm practices are provided The rep resentative also helps in organ izing and coaching special Inter est farm groups Help most needed in the New market East community is in weed control it was agreed More farmers should consult the representative on the uae of liquid fertilizers and cattle min erals it was felt Newmarket East also felt that the represent ative should be invited to forum discussions The groups next meeting will be at the home of Bill Bales Harold Van district game warden on behalf of Thomas Miller Keswick The agreement was signed by council and allows Mr Miller to trap in the Cooks Bay area south of Lake Simcoe The trapping area is described as being within the confines of the road allowance from Second Street and from Cooks Bay to the town line between North and East Gwillimbury townships and the road allowance from Second St to the third conces sion Trapping rights are from Nov to Oct 31 SPECIAL TRAINING FOR GUIDE LEADERS There will be a training course for leaders of Guide companies and prospective leaders in the York division held on two con secutive Saturdays in the Lions hall Mosley St Aurora The first training day will be on Saturday Nov from 10 to am and from Co In the morning session trie Blue trainers from Guide headquar ters Toronto will take the new ly organized Aurora Guide com pany in demonstration work will have a luncheon at the Greystones and in the af ternoon the training session will be at the home of the Aurora district commissioner Mrs Cousins Ave The second training day will be on Saturday Nov Ex penses of those attending from this district will be paid by the Newmarket association Anyone interested In attending the training course Is requested to contact the district commis sioner Mrs Nelson Ion phone Newmarket as soon as pos sible Wilson will speak on the duties which a judge and a show com mittee owe to each other Mem bers of the Newmarket Horticul tural society who are interested Final approval was given to move the seat of York County to Newmarket by the county council at a meeting in Toronto yesterday County council headquarters will be moved from Adelaide St E in Toronto on Jan 1951 to the home of the late Hon J Davis Second St at the north end of Newmarket A meeting of a special com mittee of municipal representa tives in the new county held last week decided by vote that the county seat be moved to New market The 18room house on a site in Newmarket was offered as a gift to the county by Miss Mabel Davis daughter of the former county warden of 1884 Value of the property and house has been estimated at 100000 Although the three quarter vote by the 20odd members of the northern municipalities last week decided the move the ap proval of the whole county coun cil was required to make it of ficial Representatives of muni cipalities in Metropolitan Toron to are remaining on county coun cil until the end of the year Af ter Jan county council will in attending this meeting are re- consist of representatives from quested to contact the secretary municipalities north of No first of the year in Newmarket A former school teacher Mr Smith was one of applicants for clerktreasurer MILK PRODUCERS TO MEET AT STROUD District Seven Toronto Milk Producers association which in cludes the district around New market will hold its annual meeting in Stroud community hall on Tuesday at pm Special speaker at the annual Fund Campaign C A It 2 New market was asked this week to head up a special hospital com mittee which will launch a cam paign to raise funds for a new wing to York County hospital Newmarket Mr Cathers was the Progressive Conservative can didate in the last federal election and is well known in the district WI SPONSORS COOKING SCHOOL The Newmarket town hall was filled to capacity on Friday evening when the cooking school presented by and under the sponsorship of the Newmarket Womens Institute was held Miss Patricia Ellison Toronto a home economist conducted the school Winner of the was Miss Zephyr Four baskets of apples and two baskets of groceries were won by lucky ticket holders Bow- meeting will be Bruce Beer who will discuss the development of each donated a basket of apples and donated one of groceries The Miss Audrey Bateman or the president BUI Fish FOOT DOCK TO BE BUILT AT PARK BY GOVERNMENT The York County parks com mittee reported at a meeting of County Council yesterday that the federal government will build a new 500foot dock on the county park waterfront at Lake next year York County park is located on the lake shore east of Sutton According to the committee re port more than persons visited the park this summer The record day for park attend ance was Sunday Aug when people and cars en tered the grounds The park was purchased by the county three years ago from a large estate as a recreational area for city and rural residents It covers acres highway Appointed Treasurer J Smith Queensville who is clerk of the township of East and has been tax collector there for 25 years was appointed clerktreasuer of the new county at yesterdays coun cil meeting succeeds Miss Hilda Merrick who has been county treasurer since 1944 Mr Smith assumes his duties at the the need for farmers to support it Chairman of the meeting will be the district president Sutherland Ernest Newmarket is vicepresident of the association CITIZENS ASSOCIATION A general meeting of the New market Citizens association will be held at the fire hall auditori um on Monday Nov Civic affairs will be discussed and the executive extends an invitation to all citizens to attend other prizes were contributed by the WI As well as those prizes everything made at the cooking school from mince pies to a roast of beef were given to lucky ones in the audience DANCING CLASSES NOV The date of the Betty Gordon Dancing club will be changed for next week only from Tues day to Thursday night The classes will meet at the same place at the some hours on Nov instead of the NORTH ORGANIZE GIRLS GROUP A Canadian Girls In Training group has been organized at Trinity United church Newmar ket The leader is Mrs On Monday night the held a Halloween party The group which includes girls from to 17 years of age GOVERNOR Policy On Garbage Collection Enforcing Of Bylaw Criticized RAY Monday at pm At present girls have registered All girls in that age group are welcome COMING EVENTS he acres which for hundreds people TEA AND BAKE SALE A successful afternoon ten and sale of candy aprons horn bak ing and parcel post was held in the parish hall under the aus pices of the Parochial Guild St Paul Anglican church on Fri day Oct following Hal loween theme hall was dee- orated with corn stalks pomp- kins and witches Receiving the many guests up on their arrival were Kay Stages and Mr J Rhodes There a for children FRIDAY NOV party at school under the auspices of the Community Club at 815 pm Good prizes Lunch will he provided Admission NOV and cold meat salad supper at Snow- ball church Bazaar consists of homemade baking hand work and fish pond Supper from to pm Adults SI children 35c SATURDAY NOV St Johns bingo Newmarket town hall pm Jackpot MONDAY NOV Sports Day club meet in Queensville Arena pm A good attendance Is requested TUESDAY NOV cooking school in Newmarket town sponsored by Newmarket Ladles Auxiliary Canadian Legion Lucky draw prizes and Admission Tickets available from mem- hers TUESDAY NOV York County Nurses meeting at St Johns school at pm Guest speaker Dr A T Purely Toronto showing film England during Coronation TUESDAY NOV in Sharon halt at pm Sponsor ed by WI Good prizes and lunch Admission TUESDAY NOV The Red Cross will quilt and sew at Trin ity United church from oclock oclock Lunch served TUESDAY NOV Toronto Milk Producers annual meeting in Stroud community hall at pm Special speaker and refresh WEDNESDAY II Stag at Legion Hal Newmarket 8 Good 30 Door prim boa on root after bingo THURSDAY NOV in Aurora Legion hall sponsored the Ladies Auxiliary Share- thcwenlth Time pm Ad mission games THURSDAY NOV The Autumn tea and bazaar of Trinity United church In the church basement from to pm Supervised nursery FRIDAY NOV 13Newmarket Firemens nnmml euchre and dance Charlie Ira NOV Show Night held In United Church pm spon sored the Trail Hangers High- lighting film is One Foot In Heaven plus other scenic and cartoon pictures In Admission adults children MONDAY NOV pm general mooting of the Citizens Association at the fire hall audi torium FRIDAY NOV Com munity under auspices of Newmarket Handcraft group town hall 2 to Afternoon ten candy crafts SATURDAY NOV The Sal vation Army Home League sale ten Town Hall base ment with program In Citadel at night Watch for do- talis SATURDAY DEC Santa Claim parade Holland Land ing Starts 2 DANCING every Friday to Gates and his orchestra In Arena hall EVERY danc ing at Mount Albert hall to Norm Mod ern and old Admission EVERY Saturday night dancing at Blue Bird Inn south of Newmarket on Yonge St First ten enter free DANCING every Saturday to the Bobbie Quartette at Inn Under manage- OF ROTARY CLUBS TO BE HERE MONDAY The Rotary club of Newmar ket will be host to Ray R on Monday Governor of rict No 24 of Rotary Interna tional he Is making his annual visit to each of the Rotary clubs In Ontario and Quebec He will confer with President Carl Secretary Harold Eaton and other local of ficers on Rotary administration and service activities Mr Is a member of Rotary club of Sudbury He was elected District Governor of Rotary International for the fiscal at the annual Rotary convention in Paris France last May- He Is one of the District Governors su pervising the activities of over Rotary clubs which have a membership of 372000 business and professional executives In countries and geographical re gions throughout the world Wherever Rotary clubs are lo cated their activities are similar to those of the Rotary club of Newmarket because are baaed on the same general objec tives developing better under standing and fellowship among business and professional men promoting community better ment undertakings raising the standards of business and pro fessions and fostering the ad vancement of good will under standing and peace among all the peoples of the world The Newmarket Rotary hit offered to take on a new pro ject that of assisting In the pur chase of a building for the New market library The club offered to take on responsibility that would be equal to a dona tion of over Purchase of a large residence at the north corner of Church St and Park Ave haa been At the proposal is being studied by a roeem town coun cil and a committee of the Rot ary dub Following a discussion by the North Gwillimbury township council at the regular monthly meeting In October regarding fie collection of winter garbage far those who wanted it was a resolution by Councillor A King Councillor James Clark that the clerk be instructed to introduce a bylaw amending the present garbage bylaw It will include yearround collection of nil garbage in the lakeshore area The clerk was also instructed to advertise for garbage collec tions during the winter months in the same area as contracted for during the summer months described as division No and No 2 The resolution was intro duced by Councillor James Clark Councillor Frank At a closed meeting of council on Oct the garbage tenders were opened and the tender of Miller to collect from the whole area as described in the summer contract for the sum of per cottage or dwelling and for commercial business was accepted for a yearly con tract The contract is to in clude summer collection The resolution was moved by DeputyReeve Charles Richard son and seconded by Councillor James Clark and Included in the resolution was the stipulation that a contract be signed by Sedore to fulfill the con tract as stated or else forfeit of salary as provided in Section of Municipal Act 1950 It also provides that win ter collections be made every Monday unless weather does not permit that collection be made on the following day and that pertinent question regarding the garbage collection Mrs Link asked Are city people months of the year for garbage collection She was told that they were Mrs link went on to enquire whether there were any areas on the exempted from the collection and the payment for it Receiving rlbr from council Mrs the clerk the same question told that Eastbourne and hurst Beaches were not included in the arrangementa the collector She replied that the cottagers were not happy at the thought that she and other year- round residents would have their garbage collection paid for by everyone regardless of whether or not the cottagers had any benefits from it except in the summer She went on to say Cottager who are paying for garbage collection will not like the fact that Beach and Eastbourne had the choice of not entering into the agree ment for yearround collection Mrs Link also asked whether or not council was going ahead with the new area bylaw She said nothing had been done about the original area bylaw being broken by at least one property owner She referred to at the foot of her street at Island Grove One own er erected a business building after restrictions had been plac ed on that particular area she said DeputyReeve Richardson re plied have the law upheld the Island Grove summer collections shall com- would have to petition the on the last Monday in jell Reeve Pollock said May- May and schedule same be set be he needs two by council This new bylaw was again discussed by council at the regu lar November meeting on Mon day and when the discussion ended a latecomer Mrs Arline Mrs Link informed council that had been made pre viously with less cause The new area byla being heard again by the municipal board at Bel- haven hall on Thursday Nov Link attended council and ask- at pm Cash Prizes Offered For Best Santa Parade Floats Prize money totalling will be awarded to winners entering floats in Newmarkets Santa parade this year the Chamber of Commerce sponsor of the parade announced this week The Santa parade will be held on Saturday Dec this year Last week the Chamber of Commerce authorised a spe cial committee to plan the pa rade Chairman is George Mc- Cullough committee mem bers Run Broadband Cheater Bast Bob Gene McCaf frey ru and Rod Entries will be divided into two groups and and a first prise of second prix of and ft third prise of will be in each group Judges deci sions will be based on originality color scheme and artistic merit Entries are invited from schools merchants manufacturers and service organizations and should be addressed to George chair Santa Parade Ave Newmarket not later than 8 An entry form appears on page