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Newmarket Era and Express, 17 Nov 1955, p. 6

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In Investment Field J P Dies Suddenly m Aurora and District John Percy Kennedy St West Aurora died suddenly of a heart attack on Tuesday Nov He had been under observation for a heart condition for some time and had returned home recently from hospital Mr was proceeding west on Wellington St and had stopped his car at the and Wellington intersection when the heart seizure occurred his car did not move after the light had turned green other motorists investigated and found him dead behind the wheel of his car Dr Crawford Rose was called Mr was vicepresi dent and senior underwriter of the Toronto investment and bro kerage firm and Co Ltd He was a director of a num ber of other companies including Great Northern Gas Utilities Ltd North Star Oil Canada Southern Ltd Natural Gas Ltd Oil Pro ducers Ltd and Copper Cobalt Ltd Born and educated in the city of Toronto Mr Crysdale served with distinction with the Can adian Expeditionary Forces In France in the artillery Follow ing his return from overseas Mr Crysdale entered the Uni versity of Toronto and was one of the earliest graduates in the course of Commerce and Finance His keen interest in mathematics led him into the investment busi ness and for over years he had been associated with Gaird and Co Ltd Mr played an im portant part in the activities of the Investment Dealers Associa tion of Canada He served as a member of commit tee of the Ontario district during the years to and in was elected vicepresident of the association and chairman of the Ontario district for During the second war much of Mr time was devoted to the work of the war and Victory Loan campaigns A man of many interests he was a member of the University club and active in the community life of Aurora He was a member of the Aurora Presbyterian church Mr is survived by his wife the former Marian six sons John Peter David James William and Richard and a daughter Joan The funeral service is being held from bis residence today at pm with interment at the Au rora cemetery Council Refuses To Permit Man To Rebuild His Garage Kept Waiting Four Weeks TO APPOINT NEW COMMISSIONER Following the resignation of George Baldwin from the Aurora Hydro Commission a proposal was made to town council for Don Glass as a replacement The proposal was made by Mayor Henderson and Rod Smith the other members of the commis sion Reeve Murray requested that the appointment of a new mem ber to held over for a week He there may he other persons who should be considered as well m W Clean feet without mot in Hose stretch compresses for storage Gets more dirt with lets work ft Complete et of Strain Tool YOU PAY ONLY 9950 BE ARE 1 1 MAIN ST NEWMARKET PHONE 1 COMMENCING MONDAY NOV 28 at the 4 TO to An Aurora resident complain ed to the town council Monday night that he is being prevented from rebuilding- a garage on Temperance St an old section of town by new building The history of Tom problem and how he has been held up by town restrictions was explained when he appeared be- before council The garage had been erected many years ago and was in need of repairs The owner decided to rebuild it During the course of recon struction he was notified by the building inspector that he re quired a building permit He ob tained the permit and then re sumed work on the building A second time Mr King the build ing inspector ordered him to stop work on the building It was noticed that the garage was only two feet from the street line A bylaw introduced with in the past few years requires a distance of three feet Having been held up for some time on reconstruction Mr was reported to have called Mayor Henderson and to have asked for a special council meet ing earlier in the month He had been held up since October On questioning by Reeve Mur ray Mayor Henderson admitted telling he would riotcall a special meeting of council be cause it would cost the town 40 On Monday night the mayor said he could not see having a special meeting for that purpose Aurora council earlier set a policy that councillors not be paid for attending special meet ings Deputyreeve Jones said the bylaw should be to help in situations like this The mistake was made in Mr grandfathers day it was pointed out Said Councillor Davidson There is no sense in making by laws one night and breaking them the next It was suggest ed that he move his garage back A motion by Deputyreeve Vic tor Jones seconded by Reeve Murray to grant his permit was defeated APPROVE BUILDING OF NEW APARTMENTS A new apartment building proposed for property south of the Catholic church Yonge St Aurora has been approved by town council The new apart ment building will be a two and a half storey structure Aurora Home And School Conduct Aurora Campaign For Children The anniversary of the Aurora Home and School associa tion was marked at the associa tions monthly meeting Monday night Inspector Witts of the Ontario Provincial Police was the guest speaker In his talk on Safety he said that parents are to a great extent responsible for teenagers misdoings on the highways Many parents do not set a good example in their speeding and disobeying of laws He said that all must be eternally vigilant to make travel ing safe Marking the anniversary of the association a candelightlng cere mony was held Each of the past presidents lit one candle for each year of service Newmarket players will pre sent a play Scattered Showers at the public school auditorium on December The presentation will be made for the York Simcoe Home and School Council A dis cussion on the play by Don Gra ham will be held after its presen tation AURORA Ratepayers of and surrounding area are watching with keen interest the prelimin ary steps of the King Township Planning Board A committee has been set up in this village to study the pro posed bylaw so that residents may be briefed on it and he able to make representations to the board when the time arrives to settle the zoning problem in the vicinity turned out in force for the Schomberg meeting on Nov and witnessed a pre view of the procedure which will be a decided asset on future oc casions A benefit euchre is being planned for Friday Nov 18 at the lodge hall eighth concession This is for Jack Archibald who has been ill for some time We wish to extend good wishes and many happy returns to Mrs Bowman Sr who celebrated her birthday on Wednesday Nov Mr George suffered a fall as a result of a Halloween prank Rev Graham is calling for an allout effort to complete the new steps on the church hall this coming Saturday Nov Mr and Mrs Murray Cook had a visit from the stork who left a fine baby girl The monthly meeting of the Ratepayers Associ ation expressed satisfaction of the progress of the community hall and decided that the effort has borne fruit A new secretary was elected during the evening Mrs Lor raine Newman accepting the re sponsibility A bazaar sponsored by the Harmony club was held on Sat urday Nov and the ladies were well rewarded for their ef forts A draw on a blanket was von by Reed of A Christmas cake made by two of our lady members was von by Mrs If Mrs Maughan won the door prize which was donated by Red Munshaws service station Congratulations to Raymond and Harold on the open ing of the service station on Davis Drive Newmarket Conduct Aurora Campaign For Retarded Children A campaign in Aurora to raise funds for the Association for Re tarded Children Is being started On Monday evening Mrs made an appeal for canvassers at the Homo and School meeting The organization is providing canvassers Harry heads the cam paign committee which has on objective of The school for retarded children Is located In several Aurora children attend Aurora Newmarket groups are cooper ating to help finance It FIRE CHIEFS SALARY INCREASED BY flit Auroras chief been granted an Increase from to for Reeve Murray pointed out that there were fires attended the year and that the situation warranted an increase for the chief Aurora Council Considers New Test Drilling Policy To Find New Water Source Auroras town water supply and a policy of test drilling for new sources was on the agenda of a special meeting of town council held on Tuesday after noon Technicians in the field of water supply advised council on several matters a further meeting is to be held Present were Don consulting engineer A Walt of the water resources branch of the Department of Mines and and Jack Huffman of Huffman and Sons well drilling They gave their opinions on what they considered to be a possible solution to the town water problem At the outset of the meeting Reeve James Murray presented a motion that the meeting be changed from an open meeting to a meeting of the committee of the whole with the press ex cluded Councillor Keith object ed and said that the people should know what solutions are possible Lets not make this political he said It is political That Is why the press is here sold the reeve The reeves motion was defeated In opening the meeting Mayor Henderson said We could go on the way we have and probably do it badly Thats why we are here to decide on policy We have enough water for the pre sent but before we can consider expansion we must get more water The mayor said that the answer would seem to be to have a pump so that additional water can he pumped Mr Watt said that the rock DEATHS I At her residence Timothy St Newmarket on Monday Nov Ade laide wife of the late and mother of Mrs Fred of and Lyman Newmarket Service was held on Wednesday Nov Interment Newmarket cemetery HUDSON At her home Ave Toronto Mon day Nov Mary Man- Hudson aged years wife of the late Hudson and sister of Ada and Lehman and aunt of Marguerite John and William Lehman of Service was held this afternoon Interment Newmar ket cemetery MAINPRISE At his home Con Nov Gordon Mainprise husband of Longmirst father of John William George Wayne and Mrs William Grace of Toronto Mrs A Mount Hester of Mrs A Morning Helen of Newmar ket Mrs Phillips of Plane at homo and brother of Robert A Main- prize of Toronto Dr Wllllnm of Ser vice was held on Wednesday Nov 15 Interment Mount cemetery MOORnY At her residence at In Wednesday Nov Eleanor Dudley Fair wife of dear mother of Al bert and and daughter of and the Into Al bert Henry Resting at her lota residence Funeral ser vice on Friday pm Inter ment Aurora cemetery her home Manila- waning Island on Thursday Nov Anna sister of Frank Seattle Wash USA and of and mint of Mrs and Mrs Carl don East Service was held on Monday Nov Interment Aurora cemetery WINTER At Richmond Hill Home on Monday Nov Martha J Curtis wife of the late Milton Winter King City In her year Service was held this afternoon Inter ment King City cemetery formation appears to create a valley on the west side of Aurora and that it would be an ideal place to drill a series of test wells Councillor Davidson pointed out that the present supply might be in the same land contour lie asked if well although quarter of a mile way might affect the present supply Mr Watt pointed out that every inch of rain on a piece of ground one mile square amounts to about million gallons of water Although a great deal is lost in spillage there still re mains a large amount of water It was suggested that all known test wells be marked on a map and all data bo compiled on past experience By studying ground formations from the data of each well a better understan ding of the location of water could be gained the experts said Huffman said that the present supply of water might be increased if the present wells were reset and fitted with proper screens The cost would be be tween per well Mr Watt suggested that a new source of water be located first before old wells were reset and fitted with screens in ease something should happen to the old wells during the Improve ment operations Reeve Murray asked Huffman if he would be able to do the work in January He said he would Council plans to discuss the subject further and consider the proposals given Council also will consider a final test well on the west side of Yonge St south of Aurora near the sub way The present supply is on the east side of Yonge St BE FOR SPRING Have your mower stored and repaired during winter at Pick Up and Delivery Make It A Meet Your Friends At The O D HESS Drug Store Graduate Pharmacists St Aurora Teh PA Calls Telephone PA J WILLIS Druggist St Aurora The Drug Store Agent Tobacconist etc Business Founded Telephone PA AURORA BOOK MUSIC SHOPPE Stationery Greeting Cards etc Agent For Era Classified Ads MISSES WOOD 35 St Aurora For Friendly Personal Service Shop At JOHN MORNINGS DRUG STORE On Thursday Nov the Loyal Orange lodge will be celebrating its anniversary Mr and Mrs Heath and Miss May Heath Metcalfe St attended the unveiling of the plaque for the Cameron High landers in Ottawa this week Mr and Mrs Heaths son Bill a member of the regiment was killed overseas in the last war Mrs Reuben Spruce St spent Monday in Toronto with her mother Mrs and family Wellington St have moved to St Marys where Mr Vranna is working Formerly he worked at the Baldwin Mill Mr Jack Williamson Victoria St is in York County hospital Newmarket recovering from a heart attack Mrs Fred Wilson Wellington St left Sunday morning for a vacation in Ottawa- Peter Hodgkinson spent Friday in Toronto visiting his aunt Mr Peterson St lost a thumb in a power saw ac cident Saturday at Wilcox Lake The WI of Aurora hold a suc cessful bazaar in the IOOF hall on Saturday fc 1 TOUR CHAMBER OF COM BETTER COMMUNITY IS BUILDING YOU A Phone 780 Classified THE MARK OF A REALLY SMART PERSON Th i of smart it not diploma or Phi Beta Kapp key might be record of actions To know all would fee wonderful if we humans could absorb that much knowledge a lifetime Next beat is to icclc and accept the advice of puticularW your Doctor Vijit him frequently Follow his directions carefully Bring your prescriptions to us to be filled and take the medicine he prescribes regularly Such cooperation is 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