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Newmarket Era and Express, 18 Feb 1954, p. 3

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Jt ii ACCOUNTANT A Chartered Accountant mmOMw NEWMARKET INSURANCE ration Life Association Representative Mid Casualty Newmarket Albert Talk By Arctic Travefler Dr Robertson dentist and Guernsey breeder who for a number of years has travelled in Canadas north coun try was the guest speaker at the Guernsey club turkey banquet held on Feb at Dr Robertson his illustrated talk gave a color ful description of life among the Eskimos of the Eastern among Whom he has travelled the Government Supply Ship P 5 The banquet at which were present was held the night before the annual meeting of the Canadian many special were at the head table Among those intro duced by club secretary Pearson were Dave Hunter British director Mr Frank Saunders vicepresident of the Canadian Association Mr Harold Clap president of the Ontario Association and Mrs Mr ag- cultural representative and Mrs Cockbura Newmarket Mr New Brunswick and director Mr Vern chairman and president of the clubhand Mrs Mr Ross Allison recently employed as milk promotion man with the Ontario Guernsey Association Following the delicious din ner and Dr Robertsons talk the evening was concluded with square dancing and euchre ANSNORVELD Rev VanAntwerpen East Palmyra conducted the services at the Christian Re formed church on Sunday Mr and Mrs A Klem and children and Mrs Campbell To ronto visited Mr and Mrs recently Misses and A Toronto spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs K Mr and Mrs J Van have left for a months trip to Florida Mr and Mrs accompanied by Joan and Tom are also spending their holidays in Florida Mr J has been ill for the past week but has re covered now and hopes to be back in school on Monday -t- COMMinEETO CORRECT PARKING SNAGS IN TOWN The parking situation on pub lic parking lots and all night parking on streets in winter were discussed at a recent police committee meeting according to Councillor J Hamilton chair man of the committee Reporting to council Council lor Hamilton said that operators The Newmarket Bra and Express Thursday Feb IBM Page INJURED IN CRASH Following a twocar crash at Mrs Nell St south Aurora was taken to York County hospital Newmarket last Thursday Both her wrists and left shoul der were broken and she was suffering from shock Mrs was a passenger in the car driven by her son John A He was not find it difficult to The car was pro- The photographer has captured the beauty of winter in this rural scene at a roadside near Baldwin in the northern part of York County The silver birch rail fence snow and clear sky makes this picture a rare one by Jack Hurst Newmarket Our rea Letters to the editor are always the writers must be known but the names of the editor The Editor am a home town boy now serving in the United States army in Korea am writing this letter to the citizens of Newmarket and surrounding districts on behalf of the poor and desperate children in Korea Sir I would appreciate it with all my heart you would kind ly publish an article in your paper asking the citizens of Newmarket to dig down deep in their hearts and send all their discarded clothes to the children of Korea I know everyone at home has a pretty good idea how these children are living from day to plow out streets and do a satis factory job when motor cars and trucks are parked on streets all night A resolution was passed at council Monday night to re strict street parking to a reason able time during winter months It provides a three hour limit between the hours of midnight and The matter was discussed re garding unnecessary parking at the post office corner making it difficult for traffic going in and out of Park Ave to and from Main Street he said To eliminate some of this trouble the chief of police has agreed to remove one section of parking meter area on Main Street near est to Park Ave in front of the United church This will enable motorists coming out of Park Ave to have a better view up Main Street Motorists will be checked for parking in restrict ed zones at this corner Chief of Police Byron has recommended that ho parking be allowed on Millard Ave from Church Si around the bend on Millard Aye to Niagara St and 50 feet north oh Niagara St These streets are narrow and with town buses tra versing this route there is no room for parking said Mr Hamilton It was suggested that the hut hP committee chairman refer ta see and e property committee chair- begging for food south on No 11 high way in the driving lane when a car driven by Charles Lee Carville at tempted to pull out from the west shoulder of the road to go north The car veered to the left to avoid hitting the Lee car but smashed into the side of it There was extensive proper ty damage estimated at to each car Le was not injured but a pas senger Charles Grew vale his nephew received a cut over the left eye Mrs was taken to the office of Dr Wilson and later to the hospital at Newmarket The boy was taken to the office of Dr Smith Constable Charlton investigated the ac cident INSLEYS FOR YOUR FRI SHOPPING PARTYOPEN TILL Sizes to Reg 398 I B these fringe municipalities pro ceeded to wrestle with its prob lem in its own way Open Sewer In York Township with a population of some completed its own sewage dis posal plant in the Black Creek Valley on the market garden lands purchased from George Syme who called his home Tory Glen The discharge front this plant goes into the at the Golf Club over a mile away That plant today years later attempts to serve a York Township with a popula tion of nearly the equiv alent of that of London The sewage effluent Sir I know any citizen who has a heart and soul will do his best to help these little tots I know if any citizens of Newmar ket were in my shoes here in Korea they would do the same thing I am doing now asking every man woman and child to give their discarded clothes to I any organization which is col lecting clothes for the poor tots of Korea Or send them direct to my company as it will see that the clothes are distributed Yours truly Archie Mair 2nd Signal Co Const Section 2nd Inf Division Postmaster San Francisco California Continued provincial guidance the out come was confederation The various municipalities retain their identity Their represent atives with those of Toronto form a metropolitan area coun cil to administer services com- raon to them all such as trans- viding attendants and a sign could be erected in each lot stating that all contributions given would be used for service club work lie said No Parking signs are to be erected at the corner of Queen and Main Streets and a bus stop sign is to be erected at the northwest corner of Main and Ontario Streets to accommodate separate school pupils A by law will prohibit parking on public lots for more than 24 hours Black Reg J I Reg to 11 l lv- Lj w WORK SOX lb wool Reg for rv si MEmPTWAMAS flannelette Broadcloth Reg SUTTON DISTRICT water supply sewage disposal and the like London Toronto and its satellite mu nicipalities now form a metro politan county one of the great est units of local government the British Commonwealth The capacity of a community to gov ern itself is expressed in its mu nicipal institutions a quality the English speaki world into the Humber today makes seises in on outstanding degree that river in its southern The Metropolitan County of reaches little better than an Toronto which began on January open sewer From its mouth to 1 recalls the formation of Street at Lambton the the Metropolitan County of and its shores to Toronto Conditions similar to Lthe prevail on the lion Torontos policy resulted don formed in by the anci ent City of London the city Westminster boroughs of Battersea and others among other things in establish- making a total of units Oho on its borders six or the greatest local government polities whore one York Town- bodies in the world is the hod been What was for merly a border formed by Tone municipality based on the rural organization of a township be came a ring of urbanized munici don County Council Mr P Gardiner has the distinction of being the first chairman of the Toronto Metro politan Area CounciL As reeve ROSE PRODUCTS jaOiilW Motor Oil JSCV i i Birthday wishes are extended this week to Sandra White R years old on Dike Mount Albert years old on Friday Feb Vfrtfnia Boyd Newmarket years old on Friday Feb Wayne Pickering Zephyr years old on Friday Feb 12 Bradley Newmarket years old on Friday Feb Ronnie Lyons Button West years old on Friday Feb Raymond years old on Feb DsJUiy Ross New market years old on Saturday Fes King Lake years old on Sunday Feb Bernlee Chapman Newmarket years old on Mon day Feb Betty Lou Henderson Lake years old on Monday Feb Keith Brown Newmarket years old on Tuesday Feb 18 Mary Ellen Smith Newmarket 12 years old on Tuesday Feb James Larry years old on Wednesday Feb Carol 1 Cherry- wood 12 years old on Thursday Feb Kenneth New market years old on Thursday Feb Send in your name address ace and become a member of the Newmarket Era and Express birthday club which wore absorbing of Forest Hill and a member of Torontos growth j York County Council of which As Toronto lay between these he was a Wardenhe has had now municipalities and Lake Ontario the city was required to supply them with water and Scarborough Townships each extending to the lake were supplied by local pumping plants and the urbanized municipalities formed from York Township attract industries and population Overflow Into The overflow of Torontos population into York and other municipalities adjoining followed by that of manufactur ing plants and industrial con cerns Torontos population ceased to grow Its school popu lation declined Industries could not secure the space desired within the city limits Then abruptly reversing Its position Toronto proposed that these be required to with the city After being on their for a quarter of a century some of them for more these southern municipalities opposed such move which meant annexation The time for that had long gone by they said After having been refused annexation terms by To ronto they had established mu nicipal services and set up or ganizations of their own which were effective As members of York County these municipali ties through the County Council knew what it was to work to gether Toronto which had always been a world to itself and had been accustomed to being ap proached hat in hand found it was dealing with a combination of municipalities which felt anything but intimidated Un distinguished municipal service Not the least of his distinction is that he is a member of the -Society- He has a sense of history which has been displayed in his efforts while in York County Council to iuive ah historical record made the famoas county He was instrumental having much material compiled some of which has been pub lished under the title The Set tlement of York County This was compiled from a manu script of the late John Mitchell better known as Patrick Sla ter who gave us Yellow Briar Future The York Pioneer and Histori cal Society which began In the Toronto and York of 1869 Is years old in April of this year Our year could bo a suit able one for a tribute to our founder and his colleagues Miss Alice Wether ell has given us a carefully docu mented sketch of our founder and of tho beginning of this so ciety I think we could make better use of it than wo have and perhaps this year Fifteen years hence tho society attained its century of existence When the continuing County of York celebrates its second centennial in and the now County of Toronto cele brates its first in let us hope this society will appropri ately observe what undoubtedly will bo Important historic occa sions For us of this day we have seen the end of on era in our community life in Toronto and York CALF CLUB The organizational meeting of the Sutton Calf club will be held on Wednesday Feb at pm in the science room Sut ton high school All farm boys and girls between the ages of by May and 21 by November are eligible for this club and are invited to attend the meet ing The motto of clubs is Learn to Do by Doing In ad dition to caring for and keeping record on a club calf regular monthly meetings are held At tho meetings members travel to various district farms for judg ing practice practical demon strations and examples of im proved farm practices The summer bus trip showing a calf at the fair and the luncheon are all special features which members find enjoyable and educational Some of the requirements for membership are as follows calves dairy or beef need not be purebred but must be by a purebred registered bull and out of a cow of the same breed as the bull Heifer calves only born between Dec and March ore eligible Calves must owned on the fnrm where the member resides There must not be more than three members per family Further information regarding membership in the club may be obtained through Eric club leader or Ed Pearson Depart ment of Agriculture Newmar ket Canadas famed Hudson Bay 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