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fc i J I Responsibility Of Council Says Chief centennial celebration primes occasion for all kinds to Mr Christmas feotar presentation of the forthcoming John Deere Dap Memorial Hall Jan 1954 at 2 and 8 FRED E AND SOX Ont Your Chamber of Commerce is building j J Seasons friendly cheer Fill your heart with abounding joy To last the coming New Year Compliments of HOTEL under new management An application by Ray Carman for a taxi license was turned down by town council at a meet ing held on Monday night The councils refusal to grant the license on previous occasions has been a controversial issue for some time having received con siderable comment at election time Council has been criticized for not giving reasons for refusing the license and earlier Mayor Vale said that council acted on the recommendation of the police committee chairman and the chief of police Chief Constable Byron told council Monday night that he had never recommended that the application be refused The power of granting a taxi license is in the town I only have the power to sign the license and pass the car he said He said he would not recommend that the application be refused and that he had refused to write a letter recommending that it be accepted I understood made a de finite recommendation to the chairman said Mayor Vale I was asked to give a letter recommending a license I was not prepared to write such a let ter said the chief Chief said when Carman first applied for a license one of the taxi businesses in town was for sale and that at that time the taxi business was too slow and asked him if he wanted to take over that business He informed the committee that he would not take the business said the chief gave Councillor a list of the charges against Car man this fall but I dont think it should be read out in this council he said I told the committee that there was no more courteous a driver than Carman but I could not re commend the granting of the license added the chief The chief said that under the towns existing bylaw no one could have a taxi license who has had a conviction against him un der the liquor control act of On- the highway traffic act or the criminal code Later the chief said that one of the charges against Carman was in connection with the liquor control act He was also sum monsed three times for operating without a license he said Has he been convicted of cut ting prices asked Councillor A man cannot be convicted on that if he has no license said the chief But it has been drawn to my attention that he was not charging cents the price that other firms are allowed to charge Councillor Dales asked wheth er or not Carman is still operat ing in town The chief said he did not know At present he is driving a rented car he said Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me he is operating said Dales 1 say that if you let one by law bo flagrantly disobeyed you will get a lot of other infrac tions said the mayor Councillor said he had been the goat In the taxi issue If discussion had been allowed in council as all things should be it have been better he said I dont think I should take the blame on my shoulders I have been defeated in the elec tion over this I hope the next committee chairman will be able to do a good job Mr did not vote against the resolu tion to accept Carmans license Monday Mr Paynter added I had thought that this man should not have been given a license when he had already broken the law Now I am told that other taxis have been doing the same thing The citizens are wrong in not reporting this he said Councillor said he knew of cases where other taxi firms had cut prices Mayor Vale suggested that the issue be left to the 1954 council but Councillors and who had presented the motion insisted that a vote be taken B AND P CLUB HOLDS YULE PARTY A varied program was featur ed at the annual Christmas par ty of the Business and Profes sional Womens club Newmar ket on Monday Dec Fol lowing a delicious turkey dinner at the King George hotel and the presentation of the program an evening of court whist was enjoyed About sat down to the beau tifully decorated tables Santas and lighted candles had been used in the decorations and there was a Christmas tree For the singing of the Christ mas carols Mrs Myrtle Black- well was at the piano Miss Ayers played two piano sel ections The guest soloist was Mrs Alma Stephens who was accompanied by Miss Mae Pat terson A Christmas reading was given by Mrs Lillian Rank and Mrs Dorothy Bowman presented a in verse Mrs Santa as played by Mrs- Margaret Atkinson was the next on the program She distribut ed the gifts which the members were exchanging Prize winners in the court whist were first prize Miss HOSP GIFT SHOP TOPIC OF TALK Mrs A Chute Toronto will be the guest speaker at the an nual meeting of the York Coun ty Hospital Womens auxiliary Mrs Chute will tell of the or ganization and successful oper ation of a gift shop at the Hos pital for Sick Children Toronto The annual meeting which will be held in the Agricultural Board rooms Botsford St is on Tuesday Jan pm The election of officers will be con ducted Mrs Chute who is a doctor herself is the wife of Dr A Chute chief of medicine and pediatrics Sick Kids Drs Chute visited Newmarket when the diabetic survey was con ducted under his supervision a few years ago A cordial invitation is extend ed to the general public to at tend this meeting Tea will be served The ScoutGuide Mothers auxiliary will hold its annual meeting and election of officers in the Scout Hal Newmarket on Monday Jan pm A full is requested Mo thers of cubs scouts guides and brownies comprise the eg i To all our members friends we extend heartiest good wishes for a merry Holiday Season and a bountiful year to come The pulp and paper companies rent or elase their woodlands on Grace Sutton and consolation J ship of the auxiliary Light an annual basis from the Crown Miss Margaret Ward freshments will be served NEWMARKET DISTRICT COOPERATIVE Audrey Jos Hall Charlie Tate Elmer Don Graham Fairburn Herb VanForest Cliff Ward Norm Foster Harry Lloyd USE ERA AND EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS TO AMICUS YOU HO LONGffi NEED IMTO CASH -y- a to the t Your contribution will help th6ions provide Christmas baskets of food and special treats for families in this district who are not as fortunate as others Your coribHtibrt will make many a family enjoy a happier Christmas banks or fc r PtjpL ly member of the Newmarket Lions Club I- of unity by fc frftS the approach of our thought revert gratefully to thOK pod will and confidence we to treasure throughout the year It Is to these friends and our that we wish to extend our warmest wishes or a and joyous a happy and prosperous New Year V I AIRY la T i j r fe- fflliiil famous TURKEySv I i lore w pi lit rw3VC