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and SERVING NEWMARKET AURORA AND THE RURAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH YORK CIRCULATION Average for three months ending March Newmarket Trailing Aurora 520 Others 137 TOTAL PAID NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY AUGUST 12 1954 SINGLE COPIES GENTS EACH North Gwillimbury township recreation commission and the Keswick Optimist club are spon soring swimming and classes along the beaches at bake again this summer The organizations are urging rural children to take the classes because they do not have the same op portunities to learn to swim as city children Jerry Bryars the swimming instructor is shown giving pointers to some of the juniors Left to right are Linda Pat Gail David Webb and John Beer Photo by DIES DRIVING CAR PASSENGER UNHURT Mrs Mamie Collins Toron to suffered a heart attack and collapsed at the wheel of her auto while driving through on Sunday afternoon She was pronounced dead by Dr Lowell Dales Mrs Collins was returning to her home from her Lake Simcoe cottage when she was overcome by the seizure George Lowrie a passenger was uninjured Mr Lowrie a boarder at the Collins home Toronto had spent the weekend with the family at their cottage He told police that Mrs Collins collapsed against him and before he could grab the steering wheel the ear had careened into a cul vert on the right side of the road After being examined by Dr Mr was taken to the cottage of friends at Elmhurst Beach Chief Con stable Joseph East police investigated LIONS CARNIVAL The annual Lions carnival will be held on Wednesday August preceding the big event will be a grand parade for the boys and girls of the district The j parade will begin at the fire hall at pm There will be prizes for the winning entries Open Trad e Fair Wednesday Aug Here and There Around Town By Local Observer For the second time this month a group of Newmarket residents will be interviewed over radio station in the interest of the Trade Fair This program will be aired on Wednesday Aug from to pm It will be one of the regular presentations of the Club show conducted by Tom Harvey On the program will be Mrs Eugene Mrs Robert Morrison Mrs Wil liam Dyer Miss Muriel Dixon and Bob Dyson They will outline the history of the Trade Fair and discuss the program The Sixth Annual Trade Fair will be opened officially at the Memorial arena at pm on Wednesday August 18 In all 33 exhibitors will have booths in the fair and as plans for the fourday event near completion Charles Boyd chairman of the Trade Fair committee for the j the Trade Fair The public is second consecutive year prom- invited to take seats in the regu- Fair the merchants re serve their space for the follow ing year Only when one exhi bitor relinquishes his space can a new one be accepted We have stuck to our policy of first come j Mrs Edward Simpkin who lives first served he explained in the next house ran across the The mayor Herbert Gladman field to the burning building will officiate at the opening of The two women were joined by Mr Goodwin and Mrs Simp- Watson Dies In Fire Thomas John Watson Hol land Landing burned to death in bis eight by six foot shack on Friday morning Aug His bod was found on a bed by El- don Goodwin Holland Landing Volunteer Fire brigade A neighbor Mrs Marion Smith saw smoke coming from the shack and calling Mr Watsons sister SPONSORS SOAP BOX DERBY The time has arrived for the Legion sponsored Soap Box der by It will be held on Newmar kets Main St on Wednesday Aug in conjunction with the Sixth Annual Trade Fair The soap box derby is celebrat ing its sixth anniversary and once again boys under years of age who have built a wagon to compete for the prize money will enter the big race All en trants planning to compete in the derby are to meet at the Fire Hall at pm on August The race will be run south on St from the fire hall The rules and regulations arc contain ed in an advertisement on page nine PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES Lucky Draws Featured At Sixth Trade Fair SPEEDERS BEWARE LOOTOLfPtUGSED IN TRAFFIC ACT CARNIVAL PRIZE At the Firemens carnival and street dance Bradford which was held on July a ticket was drawn for the second prize which Prizes draw and lucky awards will be made at the Sixth Annual Trade Fair which gets underway at the Newmarket Memorial arena on Wednesday August Many of the merch ants are offering prizes Service groups and community organiz ations are holding draws and each night a jack pot prize will be drawn The lucky winner will receive If the person whose ticket is drawn is not in the arena at the time of the draw an addi tional five draws will be made bore the name Moore New market The ticket was number 3532 To date the prize has not been claimed The prize may be ob tained by the winner from either Edward fire chief Brad ford or Boyd also of Brad ford SUMMER DANCE The York County Police as sociation will hold its summer dance at Cedar Beach park Lake on Friday Aug There will be dancing from to Tickets are avail able from the police offices The office of Arthur Hurst op tometrist will be closed for the week of August to 22 because of holidays claimed it will be carried over to the following night Come Saturday night when the fair closes the grand prize will be 100 if no one has won the money any of the preceding nights The Newmarket branch Can adian Legion is selling tickets on a bicycle The draw for it will be held on Wednesday night at pm The following evening August the draw for the 50 govern ment bond will be conducted by the York County Hospital Wo mens Auxiliary Only tick ets arc being sold by the auxil iary members All unsold tick ets and stubs of tickets are to be returned to Mrs J Gordon Cock St not later than Wednesday and Rose furniture have selected a pair of pillows as their Trade Fair prize A car robe is offered as the draw from Morrisons Mens wear Coupons which allow the holder a percent discount on any purchase in the store will be distributed by Elman Campbells store Smiths Hardware New market Furniture and Electric Stewart and Studio are all donating Trade Fair prizes Sports and Cycle shop is hav ing a draw each night for a silver dollar On the final night of the fair a draw for a big doll will be held Winners of the silver dollars will have an opportunity of winning the doll as their tickets will be returned to the drum after each draw The draws will be hold on Saturday night Tickets are free to the visitors of the fair For the chance on the jack pot prizes prospective visitors to the fair can obtain them from many of the Main St stores and of course they wili be available at the Trade Fair All the lucky tickets wlil be placed in a drum at the fair for the nightly draw REFUSE SUBDIVISION Spot Development Bad For Rules Spot development is not good for a township said Roland vicechairman of the Ontario Municipal board at a special hearing at Sharon on Tuesday When he refused approval of a subdivision which had passed by the East Gwillimbury council The decision was given nearly three and a half hours after the start of the hearing at which nine witnesses were called The proposed subdivision lies between the first and second concession of East west of St with all lots having frontage on the Poplar Baraks J and J Toronto were the subdividers Three experts were consulted pouring the hearing They were Mr G Culham Bolton a prac ticing planning consultant Don ald Taylor assistant chief plan ner with the department of and development and Dr Mr Roland said that he agreed With the three consultants in their criticisms of spot develop ment Subdivisions shouldnt spring up in the midst of agricul tural area but should be locat ed on the fringe of the urban sections of townships The area in which the proposed subdivi sion was located was tural The people who have de veloped the region should be protected he explained township is not prepared to the essential services by a subdivision par tly when it is not proper planned development York and town- have experienced this type development and it has broken Mr Mr Roland criticised the area to be subdivided approximate ly one and onequarter miles long with a depth of feet as being string development and not proper development There were acres in the pro posed subdivision Another worry expressed at the hearing was the possible shortage of water North York township was quoted as an ex ample where new development had caused water difficulties Mr Roland asked if the town ship had a planning board and recommended the formation of one which could deal with such matters as the subdivision un der discussion He felt that councils had enough to do with out having to handle the prob lems of development within their township boundaries Representing the Bast Gwil council was Stiver QC Newmarket Bev erley Matthews Toronto represented property owners in the township of King and James Newmarket spoke for a group of ratepayers In East Gwillimbury who were opposed to the subdivision Also present at the hearing were Reeve John Rye warden of York county the councillors and the deputyreeve Manslaughter Charges Laid Against Two Farmers Terry Strain and Kenneth Torrance 25 appear ed in Magistrates court New market on Tuesday to face charges of manslaughter They were released on 500 bail each when the case was remanded to August The pair were charged sepa rately following the fatal shoot ing of David 22 Toronto on August 2 when he with his two younger brothers attempted to steal chickens from the farm of Torrances father John Torrance SENTENCE YOUTHS FOR CHICKEN THEFT Peter and Robert who were convicted in Magis trates court on August of chicken stealing on the farm of John Torrance were sentenced on Tuesday of this week Peter the younger of the brothers was given a suspended sentence and placed on proba tion for one year Robert was sentenced to three months in jail Before passing sentence Mag istrate R said that he realized the youths had been punished through the death of their older brother David who was shot while attempting to es cape on the night of the theft But they were involved in what he considered was a commercial type of theft It showed plan ned and determined effort to commit an offense he added Over chickens had been taken from the chicken houses on the Torrance farm and placed in crates by the brothers before they had been interrupted by the farmers Edward LaugWtn youths stepfather pleaded in their behalf He said that it was the first conviction for either of I them Speeders who appear in Mag istrates court Newmarket will find that the loophole in the Traffic act which has enabled many to evade conviction has been plugged Two sections of the act are to be linked in future when information is sworn out by police officers In the past few weeks since a Toronto resident had a charge of speeding dismissed against him when he appeared in New market court because the officer identify him as the driver scores of motorists have availed themselves of the same line of defense In one day at Newmarket only three of mo torists charged with speeding were convicted The attorneygenerals depart ment is issuing instructions to crown attorneys to make certain Section of the Traffic act is incorporated in all speeding cases This places the onus for the offense on the owner of the car no matter who was driving at the time it was clocked ex ceeding the speed limit By in corporating this second section in the charge the information can now read the offense is al leged to have occurred when the vehicle was being driven by a person unknown It is not planned that appeals will be launched in cases where been dismissed for lack of identification the At torney Generals office reported From information we received today we would judge that there are many in town who are inter ested in earning extra money particularly among the high school crowd A woman ran a classified advertisement in last weeks Era for a baby sitter She received over calls within the next two days The Lions club in King City has come up with a novel sugges tion and one worth following by many other organizations The Lions in sponsoring a safety campaign are attempting to curb speeding in their area They un listed the support of the entire contacted authorities regarding the erection of signs to mark the speed limit zones and offered cooperation to the police in conducting a safety program Not satisfied with all that they have approved another idea King Lions who pay a speeding fine themselves donate a similar ises a bigger and better showlar arena seating space for the phew kin the wife Watsons the final day Saturday August 21 the Newmarket Hor ticultural society the sponsoring organization will hold its annual display of flowers and vege tables This part of the Trade show will be conducted in the basement of Pollocks store ceremonies as no one will be al lowed on the main floor of the arena until they have been com pleted Following last years program the official opening will be preceded by a dinner for the exhibitors and their guests Many special attractions have Dense smoke poured from the building when Mr Goodwin opened the door The intense heat prevented anyone from The entrance to the flower and been added for the enjoyment of vegetable exhibits is from Cedar visitors to this years Trade Fair St directly opposite the Arena door The range of merchandise to be displayed at the fair is great as the local stores can pro vide There will be electrical Jack pot prizes will be drawn each night at pm and on Sat urday when the majority of the merchants draws will be held Billy Watson will at tend to present the lucky win tering Holland Landing appliances and blind crafts ners with their prizes tionery and sports goods furniture clothing and flowers among the many attrac tive displays Following the pattern set by past Trade Fairs in Newmarket the one will have a full house of exhibitors The avail able space the controlling fac tor in the size of the show said Mr Boyd if there was more room there would be more A bake sale will be held on the opening night of the show August by the Horticultural society and on the closing night Saturday the flower growers of the community will auction the blooms from their flower show Both of these events will be con ducted at the societys booth in the Memorial arena Proceeds will go to the work of the Hor ticultural society in the fought the blaze for minutes before bringing it under control The fire is believed to have started from an overheated stove Mrs Smith told police that she had noticed a light there at oclock the usual hour at which Mr Watson arose He worked as a laborer in the village Mr Watson had lived in the oneroom building for the past years He is survived by hiss sister Mrs Edward and his nephew Robert Chief Constable Joseph investigated I bitors At the close of Chess Partner Wanted By Blind A partner for chess is wanted by Albert Queensville who considers chess his favorite to the Lions work fund But before the Era the safely committee explained deluged with requests to find It we want the local people and fourth for bridge there is visitors to drive safely we must unusual aspect to this do it ourselves VACATION SCHOOL The annual Vacation Bible school sponsored by the Salva tion Army begins on Monday August am It will con tinue each week for the follow ing two weeks The school will feature Bible lessons childrens choruses and handicraft work for all ages All youngsters in the district are in vited to attend Congratulations are extended to Past Reeve Arthur Evans and Mrs who celebrated their wedding anniversary on Sunday Aug It is good to see Mr Evans out again after his long illness Many Newmarket merchants exhibited at the first Trade Fair for North Sponsored by the Keswick cud the three day summer exhibition held in the request Mr is blind He is years old and has been blind for a quarter of a century Mr Fordo who was born in Dun- das worked for the after finishing high school His failing virion made it necessary for him to give up his work in When he began to seek work to support his wife and five chil dren Mr Fordo came to the Can adian National Institute for the Blind for assistance lie was employed in the Institutes Stand department for veals working for the major portion of that time at a stand in the tricu I companys building Tor- wick Memorial arena July Stand August It was opened onto by Jack Smith Liberal member Mr now spends his of parliament for York North listening to the radio and going with county and township for walks around the village officials joining with the Opti in the special ceremonies Among the local business firms who had booths at the fair were Tighten that doorknob Put a shelf Certainly anything help around the house says Mr Forde who has made his home since his retirement in The set Mr uses in his chess games was obtained from the CNIB The board has the white squares raised to distin guish them from the black Each square has a hole drilled through the centre A round peg or dow el on the bottom of the chess pieces fits into the hole In this regard the set is similar to those used on shipboard White pieces arc pointed This distinguishes them from the black which are rounded An open invitation is extended to the chess players of the dis trict to Mr Forde for a gome of chess Anyone ready to answer his query Whos for a game of chess is requested to contact Mr Forde at i- HAS HEART ATTACK DROWNS AT WILCOX The body of a Toronto man Leppancn was recover ed from Lake Wilcox on Sun day August by the provincial police detachment An autopsy that he had suffered a heart seizure Mr Leppancn who was spend ing the weekend at his cottage with his wife and II year old son Ronald went fishing by himself at am Shortly before oclock Mrs told the police she went to the lake to see if her husband was re turning so that she could pre pare his breakfast She saw the empty boat about yards oft shore and his straw hat floating on the water The police located the body in the vicinity of the anchored bout in 20 feet of water dragging two hours Dr Williams Aurora coroner pro nounced him dead Mr en who was employed as a si mason had been an swimmer rj BAND Cattle Rustlers Slaughter Calf On Farm Near Newmarket Dyers furniture Bob Dyson Mrs Margaret Grant George Constable Dawson Ladies wear Morrisons Mens wear Ste wart York County Health unit Campbell lUntnU tTtnlJ Motors and Senecals THURSDAY AUG Bingo in Aurora Canadian Legion hall games games Time sharp In aid of the Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Cattle rustlers came within two miles of Newmarket when they visited the farm of Richard Blue second concession of Whit church on Monday night August A party of four provincial policemen with Mr Blue and two farm employees waited all night for the rustlers return but were disappointed The cattle rustlers would have re ceived a warm welcome as the seven men were armed Mr Blue found the dismem bered body of a five months old calf late Monday night Since the critter was warm Mr Blue estimated that it couldnt have been killed before six pm The calf had been killed in a pasture about of a mite east of the Blue residence It had been dragged from there further east to the bush where it was found hidden under some leaves Mr Blue said that the path where the rustlers had dragged LACROSSE HERE SATURDAY Eliminating Brampton last night three games to one In Newmarket Green Gaels will meet Long Branch In the first fame of a four-oat- of seven series tor league championship at New market arena Saturday the calf was clearly visible Either they were frightened by the noise they were making they pulled it through the bush or they planned to return later for the carcass he reasoned Its the first rustling weve had in Whitchurch I plan to put a stop to it on my farm Mr Blue continued It is going on in other sections of the county but we had our guns ready wait ing for the rustlers to return on Monday night Tennis Tournament Most of the districts toprated tennis players are expected to participate in the Newmarket Tennis clubs annual doubles in vitation tournament according to local club president Keith Davis The tournament is for ladies and mens doubles teams Play will get underway tonight at pm and will wind up tomorrow evening at the local courts In vitations have gone out to Aurora Newmarket and surrounding district teams Play for the and ladies senior singles championship at the local courts will get started August Club members wish ing to bid for the singles crown are asked to leave their name with Keith Davis SATURDAY AUG ItDance in Holland Landing community hall Orchestra Bert Dixon and his Lazy Valley ranch boys Time pm Admission SATURDAY AUG 11 Garden Tea at Home of Mr 1 Smith Roches Point to pm auspices of Christ Church Admis sion to garden tea Everybody welcome WEDNESDAY AUG Dance Lake Marie pavilion King City Memorial park Weirs orchestra pm to am refreshment booth sponsored by Marie and King Athletic Association Admission each AUGUST IS and 21 New- market Annual Trade Fair The show window of York County THURSDAY AUG York County hospital Auxiliary draw on 50 government bond at New market Trade Pair Only ioo tickets to sold on draw Tick ets SI each WEDNESDAY AUG Grand parade preceding annual New market Lions carnival for town youngsters Parade begins at Hall pm Prizes Plan to enter FRIDAY SEPT 17 Whitchurch Community Centre Harvest Dance at Glendnlo Mussel- mans I ike Hound and square dancing tw32 BINGO every Saturday night at Euchre every Thursday night at 8l30 pm In North Memorial Centre Kes wick Admission Miss Barbara Georgetown shown above in the inset was the lucky brideelect at the Keawtek Summer exhibition won a complete bridal outfit the or which are included in the photograph The floorlength wedding gown of white Chan- lace and nylon tulle fashioned with a sculptural bodice and full tiered skirt over nylon tulle lined with satin and headdress a bonnet of net and veil of silkembroidered illusion were donated by Dawson Ladies wear Newmarket Other of the ensemble were wedding cake Eastwood bakeries wedding ring Village Gift shop Sutton brides bouquet Taylor and Keswick and wedding photographs photographer Keswick Chief Constable William Hill North police drew the winning ticket Photo by Smit