Ontario Community Newspapers

Newmarket Era and Express, 10 Feb 1955, p. 15

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Plan Sanctuary As Project In Conservation For Schools A consenation project to es tablish a wild sanctuary in King township was approved by the teachers of the public schools the separate schools of Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Ascension Oak Ridges also the Christian school of Holland Marsh The educational scheme was presented by the public school inspector Mr Maynard when teachers met at the King City school Jan The project primarily educational The plan is to locate a tract of Husbands Wives Want new Pep and Vim erf ere weak i- art iron For new Vim try it fraa too for pep supplemen tary Vftamm or qualor only At all land in the township in coop eration with the township coun cil The Ontario Field Natural ists Association will give leader ship and supply funds for books on conservation and interesting films This association sponsored the conservation albums last year were judged on a competi tive basis There would be the classroom method of constructing a three- project of the site built on school sand tables Secondly the senior stu dents would prepare briefs The best of these would be selected by judges and the children would present them to King Township council On the annual Arbour Day pupils could plant trees on the conservation site Eventu al as time went on the scheme would be likened to the Mid hurst development Speaking for the Department of Lands and Forests at Maple I was Forester Russell Tilt Mrs Norman Brown and Mrs Addison Richmond Hill of the Field Na turalists committee also lead in discussions Mr Dunn assistant to Mr Hallman and Mrs J F Dodge separate inspector were also pre sent At the conclusion of the pre liminary outline it was decided that more information should be acquired at a second meeting of teachers on Thursday Feb at Oak Ridges school at 2 pm Mr Don science master of Teachers College Toronto and Miss Berlin of the Royal Ontario Museum will speak on methods and project work When its an effort to keep going at all theres no chance of getting Me want to go places Thats why I keep on top of my form with just as much as can heap on a dime dissolved in my breakfast coffee Since I started the daily Knischen routine Ive had no more morning sluggishness Actually Ive got more pep all day long Thais because not only gives mild effective laxative action but it is diuretic too Try it You will amazed how much better you AT AliORUO STORK Zephyr Farmer Injured in Haying Operations Bad Toronto Hospital Mr Dewey Graham middle- aged Zephyr farmer who suffer ed a broken back broken neck last July and has been hos pitalized since at Toronto West hospital and at Toronto last weekend was taken to Toronto General hospital with a further aggrava tion resulting from his head and neck Injuries He has been a complete paraplegic since the Occident Mr Graham was hurt during haying operations when a buck rake attachment on a tractor- loader fell upon him him against the tractor on which he was riding Mrs Graham who also suffer ed a serious fall resulting in broken leg one week after her husband was injured has Hilt farming operations on the family property and moved to Toronto in order to be close to Mr Graham during protract ed illness The Newmarket Public Library The Newmarket Public rary is open on Saturday morn ings from to am Last Saturday set a new record under the present circulating system when books were issued to borrowers and 21 new members joined the library This week we are displaying a number of reference books which have been purchased re cently by the Library Board These cover a variety of sub jects and include Everymans Dictionary of Dates An Encyclo pedia of World History Every mans Atlas of Ancient and Clas sical Geography Websters Geo graphical Dictionary Flags of the World Whos Who In Can ada The Dictionary of Canadian Biography The Book of Health Great Lives Fosters Com plete Hoyle Western World Cos tume by Bradley The Costume Book for parties and play by Joseph Leeming Hand book of Pronunciation Websters Dictionary of Synonyms The Dance Encyclopedia Complete Stories of the Great Ballets The Victor Book of Operas Dictionary of Sports and the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes In response to numerous re quests may we repeat The lib rary is located on the second floor at 61 Main St over the Do minion Bank Hours are Mon day Thursday and Friday even ings to oclock Tuesday and Friday afternoons to oclock and Saturday mornings to oclock Irene Librarian ReAssessment Plan In East Discussed By Counc East Gwillimbury farm lead ers who recently led opinions at a Federation of Agriculture meeting in favor of reassessing the township caused further dis cussion at a township council meeting last Saturday Council debated the proposal for a considerable part of the regular meeting The federation had been expected to have a dele gation to request a reassess ment but failed to have repre sentation at the meeting Reeve Jack Rye and his coun cil however delved into the question while listening to Mr Arnold Roches Point representative of a firm of assessment consultants He gave council an outline of the benefits Former Cleric Of Georgina William C Evans Dies Hfs Home In Sutton A link in townships history through the past six decades William Evans the former township treas urer died suddenly at his home River St Sutton on Thursday Feb The funeral was held on Saturday from St James church and was attended by many of his business and municipal associ ates Two years ago on retiring from more than years as township treasurer he ended an Evans dynast af fairs for he had succeeded his father in that responsible post Combined the service of the Evans had totalled over years and it was marked by a banquet and presentation Mr Evans died quietly in his sleep at home only a few weeks after the death of the younger daughter of the family Miss Frances Evans who had been a school teacher at Sutton and at Weston He operated the Virginia Gen- East Gwillimbury To Pay Township Fox Bounty To Local Residents Only Foxhunters from Toronto Newmarket and some adjacent areas not be able to collect a S3 bounty from East township in future as council by resolution at the Feb- meeting last Saturday de cided that only township resi dents may qualify for the bounty Councillors had noted that were many nonresidents collecting the S3 bounty out of a total payments made at the current meeting Reeve John Rye commented that virtually all the nearby townships had ceased paying a bounty and wondered if any thing would he done toward a proposed County of York bonus for foxkilling Deputyreeve Longford cave his opinion that ratepayers in the farm areas woulc be up in arms at the idea of abolish ing the bounty as the residents want foxkilling encouraged Some of the local boys say they would go out and hunt them for the hunt fun If only the out- side hunters werent getting in the hunting There seems a definite need for keeping them down remarked Reeve Rye as he signed the resolution to pay bounty only to East residents of an equalized assessment The firm quoted a price to handle re assessment in 1955 Councillors noted that the price quoted for a full reassess- was over for each of the properties in East a considerably higher es timate than that of cents to SI per property which hud been given to the recent Federation of Agriculture meeting After council had listened to the explanations of the assess ment expert and his description of how property measurements etc will wipe out unequal assess ments the Reeves question re- the percent ijre factor or valuations went unanswer ed Mr Arnold showed that York County municipal reassess ments had used various factors some at percent to GO percent average and some even Youll find in East that your farm assessments havent changed much in many years but your overall valua tions have changed in some areas with values boosted by residential growth into mure and more That leaves you with inequality which nor overhauling We do the work and leave your assessor ready to carry on with the system accord ing to the Ontario manual said Mr Arnold Brought out by the reeve flop- utyreeve and the councillors was fact that East has its police villages with many old homes as well as dispar ity of farm valuations Discus sion further showed the need to cover in creases in farm land adjacent to residential land placed in comparison with farm lands on back concessions far from the enhanced subdivision area val ues Council discussed the idea a reassessment but made no de cision on It Hog Producers To Meet At Wednesday Feb 16 The York County branch of the Ontario Hog Producers As sociation will hold its annual meeting in the parish hall New market on Wednesday Feb The meeting is slated to com mence promptly at am so that the business session includ ing election of officers can be taken care of before a discussion or quiz panel at 1130 To cover various phases of hog produc tion a panel has been set up to discuss feeds and feeding and problems in breeding and man agement Following the free lunch each township group will elect its committee and director before reconvening The afternoon program will include two ad dresses on important subjects Mr Stewart will explain the Advanced Registry policy for proving performance of breed ing stock as well as discussing the test station feeding chairman of the Ontario Hog Producers Board will speak on the Hog Marketing Agree ment The Era And fctpee Feb IMS IS i S FARMER licensed auctioneer and Ontario counties years of experience- No sale too smalt or too large All sales personally looked after Phone Stouffville for dates I 1 smW Era and Classifieds FAST ECONOMICAL GAINS With Quaker Pig Grower Under Canadas free economy the Little Guy is really the Big Shot since most corporations in Canada are owned by ordinary people shareholders with or dinary incomes THE ERA AND EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS BRING ALL YOUR FUR PROBLEMS TO WIGGINS FURS TORONTO Large selection to choose from Budget terms if desired Repairing Remodelling Cold Storage Cleaning REASONABLE PRICES SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Get your hogs off to market earlier by feeding vitamin rich Quaker Pig Grower promote rapid gain growth and profit able gains at low cost You can increase your hog profit by feeding the Way Let us tell you more about starting little pigs the PepWay jttJifcjaigBftgg 13 ORDER TODAY FROM SMITHS FEED AND SEED HONE i oral store for most of his I He He was born and educated at Vir ginia and entered the store busi ness with his father the late George Evans who was town ship treasurer until when his son succeeded him Following on illness five years ago he suffered the loss of a leg and was forced to give up his busy life He retir ed to live at Sutton with Mrs Evans who was formerly Tennyson Surviving his widow and a daughter Dorothy Mrs Donald Christian Jacksons Point in W Toll Operator Central St Lambert Montreal Toll Montreal The Bourkes all work at the Bell back in a young by fie name of Arthur joined our company Little did ho realize that his children nil of them would follow in his footstep to careen at the Hell Today Mr would he than proud family Wo know The like all telephone know from their own experience that the Hell to work have found nml interesting work good wages found opportunity in serving the public in essential business And this is it for good phone service depends who their jobs and convoy this feeling to our custornerfl This is feeling that in largely responsible for tho spirit of service you find in employees you meet them THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA Township To Pay Percent Of Cost Of Wing Scott council at its las council hold dv Feb Mssed the for share of a now addition planned to handle the overcrowding school Present plans for a expenditure for ftflrtw required The Scott township bylaw was passed for percent of that sum Tho Cent Ontario high school hoard has some hope of tho cost to It would he In line with the ox- In constructing public school build- in present under way ubHf school was planned to cost or and Is constructed on a on tract In of Port Perry Town- of Roach enn and of township In York of Union School section t A TAILORED TO MEASURE SUITS services of the fire automobile and casualty Insurance business go into action within minutes In the past insurance companies of many j unities setUement of thousands of claims within a matter w FREE OTHER RANGES m r stand ready to lend their aid whenever disaster strikm v i t RATION -i-

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