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CS I- MMI -J- NEWMARKET AURORA AND Average Ores Marsh Aurora TOTAL PAID MP 103RD 60TH NO NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY MARCH SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH fc Tsv J a a IMS B i1 A v T i m V Following the juvenile Ontario championship game at last night this photo of the victorious team was taken in the team dressing room at olds arena The picture was taken during a victory cheer for Coach Ken After the third straight victory last night winning the Ontario cham pionship the team returned to Newmarket at am to be greeted by cars two fire trucks with sirens wailing on St and fans at the arena In the photo above are front row left to right Bob Wilson and Bill Forhan middle row Ken coach Ross Warren Grant Morton Eddie Pitt manager Laurie Don Thorns John McKnight stick boy back row George district representative Norm Smart Charles Don Jack Cain Ken Bill Cain and Bob The Lionel Conacher trophy is seen above Photos by Here and There Around Town By Local Observer Anyone within a mile radius of Newmarket early this morn ing must have been aware that a celebration was in progress Whistles blew Horns blared as a motor cavalcade moved through the town to wind up the welcome home ceremonies for our hockey champions the Newmarket Office Specialty ju veniles were celebrations in Hollywood last night because of the annual Oscar awards but none of the actors receiving such recognition was more delighted than the home team and their supporters When word was received at the dose of the game that Newmar ket had defeated the fire whistle sounded the good news with a long blast Taking the Ontario final in three straight games the local hoys proved that they deserve their nickname of speed boys Congratula tions go to them their coach and manager and to their sponsor Bob Wilson fires into the goal in last nights vktory in this action photo Wilson scored two goals in the game Two players are seen near Wilson arrow shows where puck landed Described as Newmarkets greatest homebrew team the juveniles are a happy lot after their championship victory They travelled nearly 2000 miles in their quest for the Lionel Trophy They eliminated Port Hope and to win Congratulations are also in or der for the town who made short work of the snow removal on Main St after the weekend storm Using a type of equipment which churned up the snow and blew it into a wait ing truck the men worked all Sunday to have the main arteries of the town cleared for business as usual People who live on the out skirts of Newmarket were ama zed when they ventured down town on Monday The women dressed ski slacks and jackets snow boots and muffled to the cars felt like escapees from Si beria when they reached Main St completely cleared of snow drifts year audiences at the annual See carnival of the New market Figure Skating Club say Its the best This year is no exception was improvement shown by all the young skater The re vue had the sparkle of a pro fessional show and the costumes were works of art both in de sign and in workmanship There was variety in the pro gram both in the routines of the courts and in the solo numbers There was comedy sometimes I completely unintentional on the part of the shows director Chuck Kiel when a type would Innocently steal a scene by Just acting naturally I Congratulations to the club jilts busy executive and all the skaters small and not so small who provided a fine evenings entertainment for local Condolences are extended those skaters who didnt make Mumps flu or attest NEWMARKET HISTORY Gorham Papers Of 1837 Rebellion Made Available By Buffalo Doctor Photostatic copies of docu ments about a Newmarket resi dents part in the Upper Canada Rebellion of have been made available by a Buffalo man The copies include a warrant issued for the arrest of Nelson Gorham Newmarket who took part in the rebellion led by Wil liam Lyon Mackenzie Gorhams pardon made later by Queen Rush Pictures of tat Era Ready For Press This Metropolitan newspapers with their night staffs and engraving equipment are able to complete news photo engravings for morn ing editions with ease But this accomplishment in a weekly newspaper with one staff in volves considerable time and ef fort Last nights pictures of the final juvenile game in which Newmarket defeated Thorold were brought to by Photographer on the players bus A message from Thorold had been relayed to the editor that the bus with the pictures would arrive at Thornhill at 1 and he was waiting in a car at that community from 1245 until the arrived at Pictures were take into Tor onto for engraving The engrav ings were completed at ajn and the two men arrived back in Newmarket at this morn ing The engravings were ready in the forms at oclock Victoria a document which au thorized his commission in the patriots army and a letter he had written to his father from the United States where he took refuge The copies have been provided by Dr Nelson Gorham Russell of Buffalo who is a stepgrand son of the rebel Nelson Gor The original documents are in the Buffalo museum and Dr Russell has made the photo static copies available so that they may be recorded in a his tory of Newmarket now being written Nelson was the son of EH who operated a woollen mill here The home still stands number St is owned by Walter According to legend William Lyon Mackenzie hid in tho ash house at this residence during the troubled times that followed the outbreak of the re bellion Following the outbreak of the rebellion and the weak attempt to a force to attack Toron to a patriot army was form ed across the border A number of Americans who were sympa thetic toward the rebels were supposed to have joined the army Mackenzie was not a military man but he was to head the pa triots army Commissions were given freely and Nelson received a document after he had escaped to the United States which stated that he had been made a lieutenant colonel The document has an insignia sup posedly of the army A letter which accompanied the document instructed him to make secret contact with another officer of the in the States Following the unsuccessful re bellion warrants for the arrest of the participants were issued by Chief Justice John Beverley Robinson who also had lived in Newmarket The warrant for arrest was signed by Robinson toward the end of Pardons were made to all Page Col Name Used ki Report on Sentence At Magistrates Court An unfortunate error in re porting was made in the Era and Express last week A story car ried an incorrect Christian name of a person sentenced in magis trates court following a break- in at Smiths billiard parlors on Main St Newmarket Thc man sentenced was John Smith 20 Newmarket who had been in reformatory previously The Christian name used In the Era report was Paul Paul Smith age Newmar ket is a Main St businessman who of course had nothing to do with the The Era ap ologizes for using the name Paul Smith erroneously Paul Smith who is associated with Smiths Hardware is well known in the district and unfortunately has suffered embarrassment over the report Paul is the son of Max Smith proprietor of Smiths Hardware The family name has been well known in Newmarket for many years having been associated with the hardware business here since the early part of the cen tury Juveniles Ontario Champs With 52 Win Last Ni By George The Hubs greatest home brew crew Specialty juveniles had to go miles whip five teams to do it but they came through handsomely to win the OMHA Ontario Juvenile championship last night at Showing their heels to the Mounts all the way the Specialties rolled up an impres sive win Victory gave New market the best of five final series in three straight The handed to Specialties cap tain Grant Morton by president Fred Norman was the Lionel Conacher trophy If ever two fellows richly de served the commendation of the town of Newmarket for a job well done then coach Ken Broughton and manager Eddie Pitt are those two The two said last night It took us three years to weld this team into cham pionship timber but we did it They along with gallant players did it alright They out played and outhustled all the way just as they did Port Hope Parry Sound and in the other OMHA series Grant Morton or possibly it was Bob Wilson on a relay from forechecking whiz Don Knight started the Specialty win Morton fired a slapshot from the blueline It appeared to hit a leg or skate winding in the cage The gave it to Bob Wilson No matter the main thing was the Specialties were on their way tied it at on Paul goal Ross Cope- man playing a redhot game be tween the pipes didnt have a chance to save Three minutes later Newmarket again stepped ahead as Ken Bell dug into the corner and shot the puck out to Jack Cain Jackie whipped a 25footer smack dab into the Thorold cage It was a beauti ful goal Specialties put the handwrit ing on the wall for in the second period Bob Wilson Bill and Grant Morton worked in cahoots to make it Bob Wilson was the actual shooter Bill the setup man Ken Bell toiling up and down the wingline with auth ority planted the shot that made it Bell came roaring in to pick up Bill Cains pass out and made no mistake with a footer Jack Cain started the play on its way It came with a man short got seven penalties including a major Newmarket six Teams divided the third round scoring Lawrence Evans scored at for Bill Cain got the Hub clincher at Cains marker was a neat piece of manipulation around the cage Ken Bell and Jack Cain did the setup work There were extra special stars of course but chalk this up as another masterpiece of team play Ross was a steady laddie in goal Thorold actually the Specialties but had the Mounts number Don Thorns was a on the defense Grant Morton a terrific playoff performer was another goget ter and possibly Just a shade be hind were Warren Townsley and Charlie Both did yeo man work getting the puck out of their own end Up front all three lines were having a good night Norm Smart Laurie VanZant and Bob Croutch were persistent check ers just what coach Broughton wanted them to be and Smart missed glorious chances to get on the scoresheet The other two lines Bill Bob Wilson Bon Jack Cain Bill Cain and Ken Bell as in all the playdowns were going concerns Coach Ken and manager Ed Pitt did a terrific job with the team We along with all the Hub hockey fans salute them and their gallant hockey boys Theyre worthy champions We must not forget either stickboy John Gary Burton and Dave Pitt They all had a hand in helping boys to the top rut i i iumkiii Dentist for Yeats Dr 3000 Actual Surplus Newmarket In 1954 The annual financial statement for the town of Newmarket was presented at a meeting of coun cil on Monday night B Hector chartered accountant pre sented his auditors report and interpreted various sections of the statements Expenditures tor the year to talled Some of the lar ger items contributing to this figure are general government 48678 protection to persons and property public works roads streets education debt charges and county rates Total revenue from taxation amounted to in Grants brought in an additional 32780 and miscellaneous sources of revenue such as garbage col lection revenue and sale of prop erty amounted to The surplus for the year as shown in the financial statement was But the actual sur plus is approximately Newmarket struck its tax rate before a figure was available from the county on its levy so that the amount of was included in the budget The ac tual county levy was 50603 The department of municipal af fairs required that this amount be carried forward into to be added to the levy for that year so that the combined rates for the two years will show what has been paid to the county The effect of this is that the difference is shown as a surplus on the books of the muni cipality for the year The same regulation covers another on the school levy so that this amount of is not a true surplus The towns actual surplus for is approximately COMING EVENTS THURSDAY MAR 31 Euchre at School sponsored by the Community Club at 815 pm Prizes and refreshments Admission clwl3 FRIDAY APRIL Spring tea and bake sale sponsored by York County Hospital Womens auxiliary Newmarket Fireball to SATURDAY APRIL Paper salvage by Newmarket Boy Scouts and Cubs West side of town Including west side of Main St Tie small bundles securely and place In conspicu ous spot SATURDAY Apr St Johns bingo in Newmarket town hall S pm Admission MONDAY APRIL Scout- Guide Mothers auxiliary meet ing Scout Hall pm Mothers of cubs scouts guides brownies invited to attend TUESDAY APRIL Hope Hobby Club euchre in Sharon hall Prizes and re freshments TUESDAY APR The regular monthly meeting of Chapter 2 District 5 will be held In St Johns School basement at Elizabeth director of nurses Toronto Psychiatry will speak on prob lems of Psychiatric nursing WEDNESDAY APR Canada Packers Cooking School spon sored by Newmarket Canadian Legion Ladles Auxiliary New market Town Hall pm Admission Free Prizes WEDNESDAY APR Bingo at Legion Hall Newmarket pm Good prizes Admission Jack pot Door prize special games Free bus after bingo WEDNESDAY APR Don Douglas special representative of Firth Bros clothiers will be at THURSDAY APRIL Easter program of Womans association Trinity United church pm In church halt All women congregation welcome clwl3 THURSDAY APRIL Dance at Mount Albert Community hall Norm orchestra THURSDAY APRIL Dance In Mount Albert Community hall in aid of Park Board Norm Burling and his orchestra Mod em and old tyme Admission 50c THURSDAY APRIL Sale of home baking by Retarded childrens association at New market Furniture store Main St am SATURDAY APRIL Paper salvage drive by Newmarket Scouts and Cubs East side of town Including east side of Main St Tie small bundles securely and place In conspicuous spot WED TOURS FBI AND SAT APRIL AND Rex- all spring sale Bests Drug Store phone 14 Newmarket cSwlS FRIDAY APRIL spring tea and bake sale from to pm in Trinity United church Supervised nursery WED THURS AND SAT APRIL AND Newmarket Lions Club Minstrel show in the town hall Reserved tickets on sale at Bests Drug Store Friday April THURSDAY MAY Annual blossom tea and talent sale of the Junior ladles aid of the Christian Baptist church BINGO every Saturday night at Euchre every Thursday at In North Centre Kes wick Admission DANCING every Saturday night hi Mount Albert Co hall t Bar or and Further Made For foster Parade Fashion models will be one of the attractions in the parade to be held on Easter Sunday after noon on Main St Newmarket Many attractive prizes are be ing donated by local merchants and awards will go to the best- dressed woman bestdressed man most unusuallydressed parader and bestdressed family A handsome trophy cup present ed by Morrisons will be sward ed to the bestdressed couple Other prizes will go to the amateur photographers who snap the winning pictures which will be printed in the Era and Col Newmarket lost one of its prominent professional men on Saturday through the death of Dr Stanley Gilbert Dr Gil bert had been in practice as a dentist in Newmarket for years He died suddenly at his home from a coronary He was years old Born in Mansfield Dr Gilbert attended school in He graduated in from the Den tal college at the University of Toronto and came directly to Newmarket to begin his practice Adjusting his way of life to limitations caused by a condition Dr Gilbert for mora than the past decade had to withdraw from many of community activities in which ha had been interested For many years he was a valued member of Trinity United church choir He will be remembered by many young men of the commun ity for his interest in scouting he served on the Scout Group com- mittee At the time of his death Dr Gilbert was a member of the official board of Trinity church Dr Gilbert served with the Canadian Army Dental Corp in World War II He was stationed on the east coast of Canada He is survived by his Gladys Taylor and two sons Wendell with the North York Hydro Commission and Taylor who is attending Victoria college University of Toronto Funeral service attended by a large number of people was at and Rose Funeral chapel on Tuesday afternoon The pallbearers were Spear Cald well Dr Noble Alan Cody and Chester Best Inter ment was at Newmarket ceme tery v No Covenant In Deed To Perpetuate County Plans ByLaw miSSSSSk Following the decisive action of York County council last Wednesday to retain the York County Park at Lake Simtoe immediate plans are being made by the assets committee to have a bylaw prepared and passed at the June session to perpetrate the park lands The bylaw setting up the park under the Community Cen tres Act must be approved by the Ontario Municipal Board That action would make the pro vince a participant in keeping the park maintained The pro vinces approval Is necessary be cause it Is a rule of municipal government that no council may bind the action of any future years council except for deben ture debts which also require Municipal Board approval No Covenant Exists County officials and county members who have been in con stant touch with the County Park arrangements since the park was purchased have been surprised to find that no clause or covenant exists in the deed of the acre tract of land to perpetrate It as a park During all the discussions in and in which the dealt with the County of York there was mention of the desire of Paget Iter the that the County pi York own the park so that would be J rather than sold for private speculation At one time in option been given for a part of the perk land at almost double the price York County paid which was An effort to tub- divide the choicest part of the park in the early lWWs approved by Georgina township In the form of lots which had a sale value of to each A representative of the and Express week wag shown the actual deed of the park by the county clerk Mr J L Smith It does not contain covenant requiring the lands use as a park or for public re creation The only covenants In the deed are those regarding the title from the original Crown deed and a covenant of the usual form barring dower rights of Major Hetfs wife Someone had erred in not in cluding such clause in the actual Page Cot J w TOWN LOT Land with a foot frontage on Davis Drive East was sold on Monday night by the town council to Mr Avenue Cleaners The lot lo cated west of the hydra