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Here and There m Around Town Local Graeme has re turned from Germany This week he is visiting in town at the home of his parents The return of Canadian service per sonnel at this time of year will make for a happy Christmas for many local families Christmas isnt going to be so bright for a family in Lake Wil cox They lost their home fur nishings and all their possessions in a fire on Monday With five children to clothe anew their need is urgent The boys are aged seven and five The girls are six years of age lour and two months They are the family of Mr and Mrs Harold Chevalier If you have any outgrown clothing of your own childrens or other suitable donations con tact Stanley Rule welfare chair man of the Oak Ridges club phone Richmond Hill Turn er Financial contribu tions could be forwarded to Mr Rule for the family The Newmarket Fire Depart ment in its annual report to council noted that they had been called to 17 fires outside town last year Some of these were serious ones but the majority caused only slight property damage There were fires in town in Of these two were grass fires and three were fires in cars The bottles had arrived as part of the preparations for the new baby Also coming to the house were the purchases of Christ mas presents surrounded in a wonderful air of mystery They were immediately hidden upon their arrival One of the younger members of the family was entering into the excitement with great glee She knew that the other children in the family mustnt know what was being given them fop Christmas she saw the nursing bottles They were unwrapped on the kitchen counter Oh mummy she exclaimed Youd better hide those bottles We dont want the new baby to know what shes TO SELL LAND The sale of town owned land at the south west corner of Eagle St and Caw lira Blvd to Frederick Counter was approved by Newmarket council Monday night Counter plans to con struct a commercial building on the site having two stores a bowling alley and two apart ments on the second storey Council Is selling the land for a foot CLASSES FOR JUDGES A series of classes for who are interested in becoming judges of flower shows is being sponsored by District No Ontario Horticul tural association The first class will be held on Tuesday Jan pm in North York Memorial Hall Stop Willow- dale and the show convener and other interested members of Horticultural societies are wel come to attend Members of the Newmarket Horticultural society who would like to register for the course are requested to contact Ernest Winter The course of study will continue biweekly for Jan uary February and March Two Offers For One Site Legality Of Sale Questioned village of Holland Landing held its Santa parade last Saturday and the Landing kept up its usual high standards Families from miles around attend this important annual event held by a community of no more than people One of the floats in the quarter mile parade was the gypsy float above Left to right are Jacqueline White Jo Ann White and White with Mrs Louise and Elsie Mitchell Drum majorettes below are Helen Thompson Donna Wren and Mary Dudgeon Bags of candies and nuts were given to all the children attending Photos by Stefanluk With two industries willing to locate in Newmarket and build factories and only one suitable site available at the present time the Newmarket town council had to make a decision Monday night It accepted an offer made by an American company which manufactures plastic articles At the same time council is in the embarrassing position of being in doubt about the le gality of selling Charles St pro perty for industrial purposes The council purchased land on the west side of Charles St north of the Canadian Hoffman Machinery plant for 3500 This fall it offered the land to Tip Top Plastics of Omaha Nebra ska for When asked by DeputyReeve whether or not the Land Values At Newmarket Said To Encourage Industry Land values are in Newmar kets favor at the present time J Turnbull head of the mu nicipal division of the trade and industry branch of the Depart ment of Planning Develop ment told the Chamber of Com merce Friday night Speaking at a general meeting of the chamber Mr Turnbull said that industrialists are inter ested in values ranging from to 2000 per acre as compared to to 5000 far ther south Industrial Expan sion was the title of his address Industry should be assured of services railway sites good roads and schools said Mr will look for already established Industries who will be of assistance to Councillors Will Receive Increase In Annual Stipend Members of Newmarkets council will receive an increase in pay One of the last acts of the present council has boon to increase the stipend A motion was presented to council Mon day night by Mayor Joseph Vale and Councillor McGuire both of whom did not seek reelection for Stipend for the mayor will be raised from to for reeve deputy reeve and council lors it will be raised from 200 to For the chairman of the hydro commission It will be raised from to 450 and tor member from The mayor being an ex officio member of the hy dro commission will receive a total of year for serving mayor and hydro commission Mayor Vale who presented the motto that he and Coun cillor McGuire were presenting the resolution because they had not fought reelection to council He bad contacted the Ontario of Municipal Attain MilWIound that the inmate In order Flic time members spend at council meetings is only a small part of the time they spend In performing their duties the mayor said But we arrived this figure by considering that each should receive at least seven dollars a meeting f meet ings When I consider the try ing difficulties the mayor of the town must face I dont think ho would be overpaid at 1000 a year Said Councillor think these increases are min imum which could be given People have little idea of the work and tho time each mem ber must spend Councillor agreed It does not come near to compen sating the members for their time He said that a portion of the annual stipend should be considered as expense tax purpose He he used money received from the town to com for time he had lost from work when he was on municipal business The mayor said recent legislation allow one third of the stipend to be classed as expenses them New Industry represents only percent of total development in Ontario Expansion of exist ing Industry represents per cent according to his figures The manufacturer who is going to put up a branch plant is the most likely prospect especially those from Toronto and Mon treal he said Look after your existing in dustries New manufacturers will talk over problems with those wild- fire already es tablished in Newmarket was Mr advice to New market Dont worry about labor problems It is as easy for la bor to come from North Toron to as i I Is for commuters from Newmarket to go to the city Sewers are important but they may not have to bo con structed all at once Plans should he made and then the town should continue the work pro gressively A Chamber of Com merce can held the town coun cil by cooperating and acting as an interpreter of public opinion It represents cross of citizens he said A lively discussion period fol lowed the talk When questioned about assess ments Mr Turnbull said that in Ideal community residen tial and commercial assessment would be percent of the total with Industry representing the other percent According to Newmarket statistics industry represents percent of the as sessments he said It is better to put up a factory than a hous ing subdivision said Mr Turn- bull Mr concluded by saying A successful town la a planned town Quests at the meeting includ ed the newly elected mayor Herbert Reeve Joseph Dale and several councillors HOBS HOURS Newmarket torn tt Friday each week Believe Full Time Firemen Would Cut Insurance Costs Improvements in the fire alarm system the water works system and provisions for full time fire department employees have been left to the Newmarket town council On Monday night the council discussed measures which were being considered in hopes of reducing fire insurance rates in the municipality The council had asked the Fire Underwriters association for sug gestions on how insurance rates could be reduced A reply was read Monday in which the asso ciation asked whether or not any thing had been done about its recommendations It had suggested a new fire alarm sys tem full time members on the fire department and improve ments in the water works system Mayor Vale insisted as he has done previously that Newmarket should have a combination fire and police department or at least full time members on the fire Pollock Asks For Recount In North The final council meeting for in North was held at yesterday Hoy J Pollock chaired the meeting and this will be his last official act for at least another year unless the recount he is ask ing for from tin Municipal Board reelects him as reeve At the polls on December 5 he was defeated by John Doyle by ballots Resolutions were passed to fin ish off yearend business ami the Orchard Beach Association was granted 13835 being per cent of the spent on fightlng equipment by that association The firefighting equipment is to be available to department He said that a com- 1 the township for use only within had been set up under the township Deputy- Reeve to inves tigate possibilities of combining the police and fire departments DeputyReeve Gladman said We didnt know where to start in this work He pointed out that one reason for high insur ance rates as stated by the Fire Underwriters association was the narrowness of Newmarkets streets We cant do anything about that he said But improvements in the fire department were recommended in the 1052 report said the may or We will never get anywhere if the committee does not study it And unless we get informa tion compiled on a fire alarm sys tem and a full time department there is no hope of getting re duction in fire insurance rates for tho taxpayers he said Mr estimated that it would cost 12000 for a new alarm system and a full time de partment We would require a terrific saving in insurance costs to pay tor that he said A saving of five cents on 100 would a tremendous saving to the ratepayers said the may or There is an awful lot of money paid out of this town for fire insurance We might not got a saving as much as five cents on 100 but we dont know for sure that we wouldnt town could legally buy and sell property for industrial purposes K Stiver town solicitor questioned councils right toytlo it He said he understood mat a municipality could buy land for its own needs and that it could sell land if it had no further use for it During the fall council had re ceived the offer from Tip Top Plastics and passed a resolution authorizing the sale of the Charles St property to the firm for The firm had request ed an immediate answer and the mayor had called an 11 am meeting to pass the resolution Weeks went by and council re ceived no word from the firm confirming its intentions to locate in Newmarket Council was not legally bound to sell the land to the firm as it had not passed a bylaw authorizing the sale In the meantime council re ceived an offer from another In dustry to locate here Only the Charles St site was available At another special meeting council reviewed information about both companies Tip Top Plastics plans call for female labor with to start and the second offer came from a firm which employs skilled labor The plastic firm expects seasonal slumps and would employ fewer in winter than in summer Most members of council fav ored the second industry which applied but felt that council was obligated morally to accept tho first offer Arrangements were made to discuss the problem with representative of the plastic firm who arrived Monday night Tip Top manufactures hair curlers liquid solder and house hold cement according to the representative who spoke to council The company plans to Councillor James Clark was authorized to interview residents in the area of Orchard Beach to provide manpower to operate this equipment stored at the homo of Clark Martin Another resolution approves of a plan Lloyd ores covering part of lot live in concession three as surveyed by Ross Sturdy A resolution to replace the township and the township assessors was forcefully propos ed by DeputyReeve Charles Richardson who said Unless something Is clone to replace these township officers by the January meeting of council there will be a delegation of Tor onto residents to force councils hand Clerk Winch wrote resolution as instructed by Coun cillor Richardson which said that the clerk he Instructed to advertise in local ANNE STEPHENSON GUEST SOLOIST AT CAROL FESTIVAL Miss Anne Stephenson who lives on Eagle St Newmarket was guest soloist at the Carol Festival which was held in St Pauls church on Monday night Also taking part in the program were the schools choirs and choirs from the various churches in the community In introducing Miss Stephen son A Anderson the master of ceremonies outlined her back ground of musical experience Miss Stephenson sang five selec tions Five childrens choirs from the public schools each sang one selection and then the entire number of approximately 200 voices sang together as a mussed choir They had been trained by Miss Stephenson who director of music for the public schools At Intermission the children left and their places were taken by the choirs of the community Knelt of adult choirs and the three Toronto one selection and then one Hum ors for applicants for position of inn en masse organists and also for position of assessor for tho Township of North bury This was seconded by Councillor James Clark and had approval of Councillor Frank Reeve Roy Pollock and Councillor William King voted it COMING EVENTS FRIDAY DEC The regular monthly Child Health Centre sponsored by Newmarket Womens Institute will l held at pm the York County Health Unit Office Note chance of date FRIDAY DEC by Lake Marie and King Athletic Association In the Masonic hall Prizes and fowl Jack pot Share the wealth pm Ad mission clwSl SATURDAY DEC Johns bingo Newmarket Town Hall pm Jackpot MONDAY DEC Poplar Bank school Chrlitmas concert at pm Silver collection WEDNESDAY at Legion Hall Newmarket Good e I pet turkey Tree bus on route after bingo MONDAY JAN Annual meeting and election of officers ScoutGuide Mothers auxiliary Scout Hall pm Light re- freshmenta Full attendance re quested TUESDAY JAN County Hospital Women auxiliary an nual meeting and election of of ficers Agricultural Board rooms St Newmarket pm Guest speaker Mm A Chute Toronto Tea served DANCING every Friday night to Alan Gate and mi in Arena hall EVERY Saturday night Ing at Mount Albert hall to Norm Burling orchestra Mod and old Admission choir lenders from the various churches participated in the pro gram The Christmas Carol Festival is an annual event In Monday nights presentation drew the usual audience It Is sponsored by the Rotary club of On Sunday Miss Stephenson will take the soprano solo in special Christmas for morning service Trinity United church Newmarket In the evening will sing several soprano arias the Presbyterian church when sec tions of the Messiah will be pre sented under the direction of J D Gordon build a factory in the spring hav ing about square feet of floor space Cost of the plant is estimated at with total cost to plant and machinery from to he said At the beginning of the year it will rent the former Bell Telephone equipment building on Timothy St behind the King George hotel for storage purposes We will start employing people when the plant Is opened Where it goes from there is any bodys guess he said He ex plained that the delay in con firming companys plans was caused by the absence of the president who had just returned to Nebraska Councillor Dales explained the towns position that It had not received confirmation of the companys plans and that a new industry had applied in the meantime Mayor Vale explained that the council had been put in an em barrassing position He said that council was not legally bound to go through with the ar rangements with Tip Top Plas tics and since plans had been delayed council had been con sidering the new offer But Newmarket does not do things like that said the mayor He told the firms representatives to complete its arrangements to locate in Newmarket Council did not discuss the legal question concerning the sale of land any further but the mayor said that no documents show the purpose of the original purchase It was not stated in the option on the land that the purchase would be for an in dustry ENTERTAIN ART CLUB A The Newmarket Art club was entertained at the home of the past president Robert Chad- wick and Mrs Chadwick fol lowing the annual meeting on Thursday Dec Refreshments were served by the hostess FAMILY HOMELESS AFTER FIRE AT LAKE WILCOX A family of seven Mr and Mrs Harold Chevalier and their five children were left home less following a fire on Monday morning which destroyed their cottage at Lake Wil cox The three younger children were rescued from the burning house by a neighbor Mrs Rich ard Mrs Chevalier had gone to Toronto to visit a doctor and had left the three children in Mrs care Mrs had slipped over to her own home for a few minutes when Donald Chevalier burst into the house to tell her the chesterfield was burning Racing back to the Chevalier home Mrs attempted to extinguish the flames When her efforts failed she snatched Betty Jane two months from her crib- picked up Gale and carried them to safety Aurora firemen fought the blaze for more than an hour but were unable to save the building or contents Not even overcoats were saved for the children All the family has is what they were wearing Mr Chevalier a truck driver was working in Toronto at the time of the fire His two other children were at school The Oak Ridges Lions club has started a fund to aid the family Stanley Rule the chairman of the Lions welfare committee found homes for the children and par ents immediately after the dis aster At this time of year our funds low said Mr Rule Weve appealed to the Salvation Army in Aurora for some furniture for the family If anyone would care to make a donation of clothing food or money could for ward it to us Well do our best to see that the Chevalier familys Christmas is made happy Plan For 2500000 Home For Aged On Eagle Street Plans for home for the aged to be built on the south side of Eagle St Newmarket for Metropolitan Toronto have been ordered by the met ropolitan housing welfare committee It will be the largest home for the aged in North America for patients who require special care It will accommodate bed and ambulatory patients We REPORT ON TAXI ISSUE NEXT WEEK A complete report of the New market council meeting is not given in Issue of the Era and Express because of lack of apace Council refuted to giant Ray Carman a taxi license when it voted on a resolution by Coun cillors and Monday A full report on the discussion will appear in the issue on Tuesday Dec The nine acres of vacant land on Eagle St west of Blvd and Armltnge Heights sub division was originally intended for a York County home for the aged which would have cost and accommodated patients of all types Town Gives Land The land was offered by the town of Newmarket to the county as a gift but the amal gamation of Greater Toronto municipalities reduced the size of the county With county assess ment and population figures drastically reduced plans for a new York County home for the aged have been The county will maintain Us present home at Eagle and Newmarket for the time at least Negotiations between and metropolitan officials resulted in transfer of tho property to metropolitan corporation The Newmarket town councils offer of the land as a gift to the county was then requested for the Metropolitan council During the town passed a resolution In favor of giving the land to Metropolitan Toronto May Build In Preliminary recommendations as to the size of the proposed home have been presented to the metropolitan committee Con ruction may be started late In It is reported It will take care only of special care patients row known to be residing in the metropolitan area according to Ludlow provincial Inspect or of homes for the aged A sim ilar home for the metropolitan area may be required In another few years he said There is only Page 3 Col SPITS IN AURORA FRIDAY Newmarket Spitfires will take on the Aurora Lum bermenWheelers In the Aurora arena this Friday Game time is pm In the previous meet ing the Spits scored an win over tho Wheelers Lately the Wheelers under new coach Bus Sadler have been giving all the Metro senior B teams a tough battle and will be out to avenge previous de feat handed them by Herb Calni ox