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J J S rtu Hi 9 11 Wwas News V I I jr vt F SERVftG NEWMARKET AffRORA AND RURAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH YORK J a r ERA YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR r NO NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY APRIL Here and Around Town With the opening of the trout season everyone will have a fish story to tell Were slipping this one in ahead of time as a primer for the oldtimers in the area who can spin them with the best- Ever caught a fish in a on the sidewalk No Thought that would stop you Two youngsters did that on Monday Theyd gone out to play in front of their house on Eagle St when their excited squeals brought their mother to investigate Weve caught a fish ex plained one Its almost three inches long This I shall have to see for myself replied their mother who was certain by this time that some joke- was being played on her But this was no joke Floundering about in the puddle was a baby sucker Weve heard the expression raining cats and dogs often j enough Newmarket must be j trying something new Theres been Chough rain lately to help A new library building for fender received make any fish feel at home in a Newmarket almost a certainty weeks ago at a garden not to mention a puddle- now following town councils library board Election of officers for the Newmarket Optimist club was held on Tuesday night this week The new president is Andy Sinclair Members of the Optimists executive for are shown above left to right Dr Stew Calhoun treasurer Andy Sinclair president Ray Smith first vice president and chairman of boys work committee and Wilson secretary Photo by Stefaniuk SINGLE v 52000 Expenditure Authorized By Town Council For New Library But probably there is a com pletely prosaic explanation of was made two meeting of the with a special committee of council The fish on Ragle St Some small The library building boy perhaps dropped it while re- 1 would be erected on town owned turning home with his catch j the south side of Park from one of the local creeks about yards behind the Regardless of its origin that office fish as going to cause one mem Monday night on an ex penditure for construe- to accept was pass ed unanimously at this meeting of that family some trouble We can imagine the ribbing that The recommended tender for s new building cannot be accept l- until Ontario Municipal Board poor father will take from his approval on a debenture bylaw is received by council The Councils resolution Monday night to spend also was passed unanimously Several proposals for a library building have been made by the library board in the past ten years Each time the proposals had been turned down because of other important municipal daughters if he returns from his fishing trios with nothing but the yarns about the big ones that hold a public hearing projects which were considered got away After all they caught jmore important by councils a fish without any equipment I Chairman of the library board a member of and without leaving home Dr C told 1 the board told council that the at a meeting Monday night circulation of the library now When her dad died the that the board had days in j located in a second floor room daughter with whom he had which to accept the tender I above the Dominion Bank had Estimates On New f Sutton HS Wing Up To Cost of an addition to the Sut ton high school is now estimated at rather than In a letter to Newmarket town council the district high school Iward said that the new estimated cost in eludes extra playground prop erty added and other items not considered In the first estimate The expansion program for the Newmarket and Sutton schools was announced a few weeks ago Reeve Dales at asked for a further explanation of the increase He said he did not realize that the estimates were only tentative ones when coun cil gave its approval on propos ed expenditures a few weeks ago The town explained that the board representatives did not have final figures when A very successful consignment they approached council He ex- sale of Guernsey cattle was held j plained that the board can only yesterday afternoon at make tentative estimates before Farms second concession King hiring an architect for library a the operation of the grant of is received The present town grant is on the basis of cents per capita If the town were to make an annual grant of over SO cents per capita the province would make an addit ional of percent of town grant GUERNSEY SALE ision posed 78 Mill A proposed tax levy for Newmarket of mills recommended by the finance committee at a meeting of the town council Monday night will be before coun cil again tonight for adoption On Monday the com mittee presented the budget but council refused to pass the prepared bylaw to set the tax rate that night It was decided that members of council not on the finance committee should be given more time to study the bud get Only the members of the finance committee had seen the complete budget before the meeting 1 A year an made his home sent a telegram to her brother who is stationed with the in western Can ada It read Dad passed away But when the wire was receiv ed the message said Jack passed away The error would have been caught then except for the fact that the RCMP officer had a brotherinlaw by the name of Jack He was shocked to hear of this sudden death of a young man but no more shocked than Jack and his wife were to re ceive the night tetter conveying these expressions of sympathy and the beautiful floral tribute I that followed Realizing that a mistake had I been made somewhere Jack placed a long distant call to his brother-in-law- The man was as tonished to hear Jacks voice but both were able to laugh after the matter had been explained at the implications behind the first question Where are you is two weeks since tenders were I increased from last Sept- opened In the meantime no ember to in March He council meeting had been held said the circulation figure up to t Monday in April was ago council had I a expenditure for the new library but when tenders were called the lowest was considerably more than that figure Council would not pass a higher amount A recall of DANCE RECITAL tenders was made last fall on the basis of altered specifications to reduce the cost made at the request of a council committee The council is now asking for the approval of Municipal Board on an extra The reoom- accept the lowest Tickets are available for the opening night of the Betty Gor don dance recital in the New market town hall on Thursday May and for the final night Tuesday May They are ob tainable from either Mrs John Chappell phone or Mrs Robert Watts phone 565w Return Tourney Trophy 0MHA is Investigating Players Ages Question IF For Past In Plays Mrs Bengal Dies Mrs Anna wife of Councillor A died Thursday of a stroke she suffered the previous Tuesday She is best known in Newmarket probably for her work several yeans ago in producing childrens plays and dancing recitals She was born in Jugoslavia in the daughter of the late Anton Weber and Theresa She married A in and they came to Newmarket in She devoted her entire life to her family yet for years she found time to work with other youngsters of the community A reminder of her activities is a red velvet stage curtain which still hangs in the town hall The curtain made by C Willis was purchased by Mrs from the proceeds of one of her plays She also took leading parts in many past musical plays both in the Anglican church with which she was associated and in the town hall During the mid- thirties she took leading parts in productions by the Newmarket Light Opera Company Leading men in those operettas were then assist ant headmaster at Pickering Col lege Tommy Scott and the late Dr Gilbert Surviving her are her husband two daughters Mrs Alexandra of Glen Cove and Mrs Rule Vera of Kingston also brothers Frank Steve and Joseph Weber and sis ters Mrs Eva Boldt and Mrs Caroline Scharougian of Milwau kee and Mrs Mildred of Wis The funeral service was held Monday In St Pauls church CpL In a statement issued by the Newmarket Recreation Commis sion to Goderich Young Canada Week tournament officials it was revealed that an investiga tion conducted here proved that Newmarket had used overage players in the tournament On that account the A series championship trophy won by the local team was being returned The announcement came after a meeting of the Newmarket Com mission Saturday Ontario Minor Hockey Associ ation officials it was learned early this week will conduct an enquiry into this breach of the rules The three Aurora players who played with Newmarket have been asked to attend a special committee board of en quiry meeting The meeting has been set for 3 pm Saturday at the King Edward hotel Jack Christie OMHA secretary has indicated the four overage play ers from Newmarket who also participated in the tournament will also receive a summons to attend It is also understood Francis worth Newmar ket recreation director who was in charge of the team at erich will also be asked to ap pear The OMHA while having no direct connection with the God tournament through their affiliation with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ho ckeys governing body has jur isdiction over all hockey played in the province Players in ques tion could be suspended Charges that Newmarket had used overage players in the tournament were first disclosed at an Aurora Recreation Com mission held last week A member of the commission raised the question of why Aurora boys had been allowed to make the trip with the Newmarket team when said players were over age According to a statement by Jack Christie secre tary yesterday the O A will look into the Newmarket overage question but will not have a provincewide investiga tion into the breaking of hockey rules POSTPONE TOUR TEA Aurora Womens Conservative Association tour and tea which was announced for May has been postponed to May at p at Aurora Greenhouse COMING EVENTS To many people who think of chocolatemaking as a product of handoperations of girls busy dipping confections into a bowl of chocolate the photos above will be a surprise Taken at the plant of Newmarkets new industry Sovereign Chocolates the photo at top shows the method by which the delectable fillings are coated with layers of chocolate while being conveyed by a mesh- belt then onto papers and cooling on a slowmoving belt distinctly productionwise Lower photo shows the busy scene in the packing room where dozens of kinds of chocolates get assembled by hand into the boxes of assortments In the chocolate making photo from left to right are seen Mrs Ann Vs Betty Cummins Mrs Magdelina Lenz Mrs Julia Pad wife of the owner and candymaker Kurt Shown packing in the lower photo are Edna Castle Rita Photos by Stefaniuk THURSDAY APRIL 23 in Legion Hall Annua sponsor by Ladies Auxiliary Ian Jackpot At Admission IHURS APRIL AND ID Registration for at Memor ial arena from 2 to FRIDAY APRIL Community Club old dance at Bluebird Inn wel come SATURDAY APRIL Open ing dance at Beach Mus sulmans Lake SATURDAY APR v St Johns bingo In Newmarket town hall pm Jackpot Admission MONDAY MAY At pm Scout Hall 1st Newmarket Scout Group Committee Meeting All fathers of Cubs Guides and Scouts are invited TUESDAY MAY Trend tea In aid of the Aurora District Unit Cancer Society at the Headmasters residence Picker ing College Newmarket from pm Hostesses Mrs Beer and Mrs Green WEDNESDAY MAY Bingo at Legion Hall Newmarket pm Good prizes Admission Jack pot Door prize special carries Free bus after bingo THURSDAY MAY 5 Annual blossom tea and talent sale the Junior aid of the Christian Baptist THURSDAY MAY Trinity Womans association will enter tain Sutton and Aurora members church hall pm All women of congregation wet- THURSDAY MAY 5 TUESDAY MAY Gordon Dance Recital tickets available Mrs Chappell or Mrs Watts Newmarket The proposed tax rate would be seven mills more than last years rate On present assessment of the mill levy would raise over 37a000 to carry the munici pality for the year Other revenues would help carry the proposed budget of The mill rate is broken down for municipal and education pur poses as follows general pur poses mills public and sep arate schools 209 high schools county purposes deben ture cost public library grant 6 share of relief costs 8 While changes in the budget could be made at the special meeting of council tonight it is not likely that they will ho When the budget was present ed Monday night it first appear ed that the finance committees recommended mill rate was to have been adopted that night A motion for its adoption had been prepared Councillor asked that the adoption of the mill rate be held up for a week so that mem bers not on the finance commit tee be given time to study the budget Reeve Dales agreed and said The finance committee is not running the council Both are members of the committee When Mayor asked if there were any questions about the budget when copies of it were handed around to the council members Councillor Robert not member of the committee said don know what questions to ask un til I have read it The motion to adopt the bud get was withdrawn and it was agreed that a special meeting be held tonight so that councillors would have time to study it On the basis of the proposed mill rate taxpayers would pay in taxes on every 100 assessment Hotel Bought By Chester Best The King George hotel Main St Newmarket has been sold to Mr Chester Best a local drug gist The property was adver tised for sale al Mr Charles Boyd Boyd Real Estate was responsible for ne gotiating the sale He said that other parties both had shown interest in the property Campaign In District For Cancer Society A drive for funds Tor the Cana dian Cancer Society under the Aurora and District Unit of the society started this week Mr Cameron of the Bank of Mon treal Newmarket heads the cam paign in Newmarket The objec tive for the district is double that of last year The dis trict is from Oak Ridges to Sut ton Eighty percent of the funds raised will go into a national fund for cancer research and treatment The remaining percent is retained In the i district for work of the society Request Turned Down By Council For Increases In Police Salaries Salary increases requested by members of the Newmarket police force last November have been turned down by town coun cil on the recommendation of the police committee Councillor Jack Hamilton chairman of the committee told council Monday that the recommendation was for no action on the revised salary schedule presented by the police department There will be radio equipment and a cruiser provided the de partment according to the com mittees recommendations this year also a night clerk Up to now police officers have been piven allowances for the use of their own cars In the brief prepared by the Newmarket Police the following salaries were requested Chief Deputy Chief 4500 Patrol 1st Class Constable second Class Constable and third Class Constable 3300 At pres ent salaries range from for a 3rd Class Constable to for the Chief In recommending that fho Police Departments request he refused Mr Hamilton said thai the committee had compared local police salaries to those paid In other municipalities of similar size in Ontario and that Newmarkets salaries are as good or better than the majority of others gave the salary APPEALS OF WEEK Worthy appeals of the mom ent asking for support of the householder are Can Cancer Society Aurora and District branch Can National Institute for Blind from now until May Salvation Army cam on May Tills week Is listed as Camp THURSDAY MAY Newmar ket School Glee Club pre- y Echoes of Spring In the I Week and National Safety auditorium at pm Admis sion Tickets are available fit Rests and Lanes stores Newmarket SATURDAY MAY Mossing- ton Pavilion opening dance of the season and each following Saturday Don Gilkes orches tra SUNDAY MAY Anyone wishing to go Niagara Falls call Mrs for Information Phone New market SATURDAY JUNE Mount Alberts annual Day Plan to attend Afternoon and evening TUESDAY JUNE Recital Vocal and piano Pupils of Mrs Eugene Cane Particulars later BINGO every Saturday night at pm Euchre every Thursday night at pm In North Memorial Centre Kes wick DANCING every Saturday night In Mount Albert hall to Norm Burling and Modern and old Ad tftt Week ERECT NEW FLAG POLE WITH PARADE PRIZE Final act in the winning of a prize in Newmarket Santa Claus parade came yester day at Hillside school East as the schools new flagpole was erected feet high The school pupils won with a float of Queen of Hearts and decided that the prize should go to provide a pole The trus tees bought the pole last year and care was taken to dry it and give it paint during this winter until the ceremony Wednesday schedules for several as examples Where did receive those figures asked Police Chief Byron Some of them are Incorrect I know that the police in those towns are receiv ing more money than you read Mr Hamilton said that the ill formation had been supplied by the various municipalities He added that other expenses this year such as increased school costs made it impossible for the council to grant the re quest for more money According to the Police De partments brief it the requests are not granted by May I the local police force will take the matter to arbitration The po lice chiefs salary would not be dealt with in arbitration Some of the salaries In other towns quoted by Councillor Hamilton were as Brampton chief deputy patrol first class constable sec ond third class Oakville chief dep uty patrol first class constable sec ond class 3150 and third class Renfrew chief 4900 patrol first class constable 3570 second class and third class Sargeant William Hill who Is secretary of the York County Police Association objected to the figures as examples and said that they were some of the lowest in the province He gave the following figures in other communities Bradford first class constable second class third Weston patrol first class constable second class third Kapusknsing first class constable 3754 second class third class Said DeputyReeve Edward at the council meet- inn Monday I hate to see of ficers have to go to a board of arbitration If they do the chips foil where they may I suggest that the committee meet with the police again Said Councillor Hamilton As Mr is a member of the finance committee and knew about this I wish he had said this before The police com mittees recommendation was ac cepted by a finance committee meeting previously when the 1055 budget was being drawn up Councillor Hands said that some compromise might be made Reeve Dales further study and a further report should be made Councillor said that he did not feel that council could grant the requests and face the taxpayers Council voted four to two against any action DeputyReeve Wrightman did not vote Said Councillor Ham ilton I see that tho deputy- reeve la silting safe CIRCULATION UP It is noted that the paid cir culation of the Era and Express has increased substantially this year The circulation has in creased by nearly in the past few months- Three Newmarket Boy Scouts were in a Queens Scout present ceremony held at Collegiate Institute last Saturday in which 103 boys received certificates The mayor of Greer was on hand The Newmarket troop Queens Scouts were Brian Allan Paul Blair and Murray tthe photo above are left to right Gary Gould flag market Scouts Brian Allan Murray Callahan and flag bearer Greenfield The were introduced ilp Honor Louis LUX lieutenant Governor of presented flel