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NemiarketSfAurorai5ncl wjSHftssssef3 mm ERA YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR TOTAL SS 5w VXZ NO VV F 7X ONTARIOTHURSDAY JANUARY Ma J j Here and There Town In the recent cold spell a town employee was having trouble keeping warm on the job His predicament and occupation were so incompatible that several stopped to watch him What he you ask Shovelling snow and hav ing trouble keeping warm Finally he put his shovel down and began to beat his arms against himself- That action stir- his circulation- some- at the local dents were interviewed last lor their reflections on then- first responses were completely offthecuff One man in reply to the ques tion what do you remember about answered My raise It came through at last An other said tell you but you wont print it We didnt athird said that his broken arm was what he would think about first every time his memory went back to 1955 Most of us would feel the same no doubt if we had had our arm in a cast for some 18 weeks By Birrell And Sons To Bradford Dealer The auto sales agency and ser vice business on Davis Drive East Newmarket has been sold by Tom and Sons Ltd to Brad Walker of Bradford An nouncement of the sale was made this week The Ford and Monarch agency which has been conducted by Tom for the past years in Newmarket will be known as Brad Walker Motors Ltd rells will maintain an office here from to days longer have announced no future plans Tbm and his family came from London years ago He had been with Middlesex Motors In London for 25 years Altogether he has been in the car business for years Mr served on town council for three years He was chairman of the property com mittee when the town hall was renovated Three years ago he moved his business location from Main St North and built the large sales and service building on Davis Drive at the Prospect St corner Three Hours Late 10 Lb 5 Ozs Complaints were expressed to Local Observer by the dozen last week concerning- the garbage collection mixup Residents on the west side of town normally scheduled for a Monday pickup of garbage put their garbage out for collection the following day j There was no garbage collec tion for them that day so that by the time the appear- lid the garbage was strewn along Jthe streets where dogs had knocked over the cans I The eastside residents fared poorly also Although Tuesday their regular day they thought that they would be miss ing that day with the collection starting on the other side of town Consequently they didnt put out their containers and missed the pickup until Thurs day The innumerable complaints received indicated that most peo ple are hot satisfied with the garbage collection setup For the New Years holiday there was no mixup because a public notice had been placed in the paper advising the collection dates for each district that we are fuming one woman suggested when she tele phoned to add her complaint to others The trash was upset all over the place There is no ex cuse for this confusion every time there is a holiday Tom right and son Bob above have sold their car sales and service business to Brad Walker Bradford Theft Suspect Tracked In Snow m J Six Miles Before Arrest Was Made During one of the Christmas carol services there was an in terlude in the singing The or ganist softly played a favorite carol when clearly from the rear of the church came the high- pitched voice of a small boy Dayey Crockett The singing ended abruptly al most as if a large hand been placed suddenly over a tiny mouth Aurora Council 1956 Aurora council committees the first named being chairman are as follows Finance Nisbet Property David Bailey Fire and water Da vis Jones Bylaws Bailey Health and sanitation Corbett Bailey Streets Jones Davis Sports Davidson Child Town planning Child Jones Davidson Police Hender son Jones Building per mits Henderson Child Davis An eight man Provincial police team Tuesday captured a shot gun carrying theft suspect who had fled six miles across snow Aurora Council To Consider ureases On a proposal by Councillor Cliff a committee of Au rora town council was authorized to bring in a report on possible salary increases for members of council at a meeting Tuesday night Mr said an increase in council pay might entice good businessmen to run for of fice He spoke of the long hours members of council spend at regular meetings committee meetings and on other business He said that the Hydro com mission members receive about for hours of work during the year proportionately more than council members receive I understand Vaughan pays said Councillor Newmarket pays and is negotiating for I under stand Newmarket turned down a proposal for increase last fall Its a good thing said Coun cillor Bailey Mr Cor should be commended for bringing up the subject Too many people avoid it and say that it is a political hot potato ThUts Board Should Provide To New School covered fields In the area arrested Fred of Sunset Ave Long Branch in Albion Township miles west of He Is charged with breaking and en tering theft and pointing a loaded firearm The chase began when care taker Russell of found at am that the summer residence of Walter Gordon of Chestnut Park Toronto had been entered set out from Gordons residence five miles west of to follow tracks in the snow After two miles came upon a man carrying a shotgun The man rushed at him said as if to hit him with the gun fled to the nearest telephone and called police The V a detach ment sent four cars to comb the area Two officers took Mabee to the spot where lie saw the thief They followed the tracks for four miles and finally called the- other cars in to make the arrest at 230 pm on the farm of Edward Robinson A shotgun and shells a mantel radio and some canned food stolen from the Gordon dence were recovered The radio and food were found behind a bush near the house a At one Newmarket has expressed criticism about school policy concerning the opening of the new J J Bell school on the west side of town Brown a resident and parent of one of the pupils at the new school thinks that the school board should pay the cost transportation of pupils to and the school Mr Brown a statement to the Era and but made it clear that was not an irate citizen ft He added that he believed citi zens should express their oh matters concerning the He questions the wisdom of grade students from I to in mid- terra bout he a should not to operate at a that a to transporting pupils to and from the J Bell school Although the fare is noly five cents a it costs a parent cents a day unless his child takes his lunch to school Maybe there are parents who cant afford it he said He pointed out that if a child is detained after school hours he misses the bus A child has the fear of missing the bus which runs on a definite schedule and at least some children cant find their way home from that area in the new He pointed out that there is a short age of suitable access roads to and from the school even for walking realize the school board has problem says Mr Brown I served a board myself I doirt think the board can be to transporta tion I it ou in this Oct King Approves Estabfefment Of Speedway A resolution approving of the establishment of a proposed automobile raceway west of was passed by King town ship council at its inaugural meeting Tuesday The Maple Leaf Automoible Racing Club hopes to establish the course for Indianapolis type oars on the west part of lots 31 to in the fifth conces sion of King The councils resolution is sub ject to the club securing any per mit or permits requested by the department of highways in re spect to the project also condi tional to the organization enter ing Into agreement with the township satisfactory to the council The resolufon will he sent to a of lawyers which has re quested council to approve of the speedway project and its loca tion on behalf of the racing club The raceway would known as King Speedway Last fall council authorized its solicitor J Lucas to pre pare agreement for the town ship With the Maple Leaf Club would meet with the council Mr Lucas requested by council to draw up byJaw licensing and The New Year was nearly three hours old before the first child of arrived In the nurs ery of York County hospital The honors go to a pound five ounce baby girl the sixth child of Mr and Mrs Norman Rob- son of Maple Deborah as her par ents have decided to call her weighed eight pounds seven ounces more than the last child born at the hospital in That tiny fellow one pound- ounces at birth made his unex pected arrival while his parents Mr and Mrs Irwin Foruael of Kitchener were visiting over the New Years holidays in Rich- m m A RECEIVE CERTIFICATES County Commissioners J Taylor of Richmond Hill and Elton Armstrong of King town ship were presented with fram ed certificates in recognition of the office held by them oh the 1955 council Mr J Smith clerktreasurer made the presen tations the Dec 29 meeting of York County council Hill On New Years day he was taken to Sick Childrens hospital Toronto by police es cort LENGTHY DELAY Ivc been waiting three months for signs to be posted at the parking lot to direct traffic said Councillor Bert Kent when he once again inquired when the signs would be available The signs In and Out when erected will move traffic In a direction The matter referred to the council More Town GOESTOBARRJE The Gorman Smoke Rings high scoring pivotman Bill For- will finish out the hockey season with Flyers ac cording to an announcement made here Saturday by Smoke Rings manager Peter Gorman Bill completed a threegame trial with the Friday and scored goals for the Flyers in Fridays- game Saturday he ask ed for and secured his release from the Smokies to join Hap Flyers Warrant Officer J 39 of Zephyr and Ottawa has been granted a commission and promoted to the rank of Flying Officer in the it was an nounced recently from Air Ma teriel Command Headquarters Born in Zephyr re ceived his early education at the Zephyr public school and later at the and Newmarket High schools He joined the Air Force in 1937 as an armament technician and recently has been stationed at Air Materiel Com mand Headquarters at RCAF near Ottawa SEEKS RELIEF FROM UNDUE BURDEN es For Favorable Resu Its y From Municipal Board Application York County council on the threshold of another year pon dered the prospects of relief from a financial burden caused by division of the county in the formation of Metropolitan two years ago A report on the countys appli cation to the Ontario Municipal board for financial help was pre sented on Thursday Dec by Warden Ralph Corner and drew an optimistic comment from County Solicitor Douglas Lucas Out of the remaining assess ment revenue only percent the former assessment the county is required to maintain more than half its original road mileage The brief said that unless the county received financial assist ance council would be required to boost the annual levy by percent if it was to fulfill a long overdue program of capital ex penditures mostly for road and bridge improvement am hopeful said Mr Lucas Township Reeve Mar- the board will the extent of the financial bur den now borne by the county a burden caused directly by the severance of southern munici palities from the county In its brief to the board at a hearing in November the coun ty claimed that in the passing of Bill and the subsequent for mation of Metropolitan Toronto it had last percent of its assessment but was relieved of responsibility for maintaining only percent of its maris said was faced with 3 unique in that it had no precedent to guide it in its decision Mr who attended all the sessions of the Municipal hearings said that milch time was spent in attempting to de fine the meaning of undue as used in the section of the Munici pality of Metropolitan Toronto Act on which the application is based The Municipal Board shall have power to direct the Metro- Not Smallest Town In History Chief Constable Receives Raise We dont want to go down in as the smallest small town commented Mayor Glad- man when discussion arose at the Dec meeting regarding an in crease in salary for Chief Con stable Byron If the arbitration board saw fit to give his men increases ranging from to 550 the least we can do is to give him a raise The resolution sponsored by Councillors Alex and Robert to increase the Chiefs salary from to 4700 received the support of all members of council with the ex ception of Councillor Bert Kent The raise is retroactive to Janu ary Council accepted an arbitration boards recommendation for sal ary increases in the police de partment The increases are retroactive to January 1 1955 Salary increases are Deputy chief to patrol sergeant to first- class constable to secondclass constable to The chief constables sal ary is not covered by arbitration In his resolution Councillor explained that the arbitration boards deci sion was his reason for recom mending the raise and making it retroactive to the first of the year Also the chief will have increased responsibilities in when the agreement between Newmarket and York County regarding the policing of the magistrates court is in opera tion Corporation to pay to the Corporation of the County of York in a lump sum or in its discretion over a period of years from the 1st of January 1054 on a progressively reduced basis such amount as it deems just and cquttable to relieve the County from any undue burden caused by the separation from the County of the Municipalities mentioned in Section Mr Lucas that It wasnt enough for the county to prove sthat it was suffering a ijicfetUi taxation It had to was excessive due to the forma tion of MetropolitanToronto The defense against the appli cation contended that York county suffered no greater bur den than did any other county in the province All counties were faced with increased levies and therefore York county was not entitled to financial assist ance To support its arguments the county presented report of the Toronto and York Roads com mission prepared in It showed estimated capital expen ditures for construction for a period of five years of Evidence was given by Warden Ralph Corner and the immedi ate past warden Jack Rye They interpreted the influence of the Metropolitan formation upon county taxes from the point of view of the local municipalities Childs Coughing Warns Town Family Of fire Coming THURSDAY JAN Bingo at Aurora Legion hall oyer In prizes Share the wealth lack- pot Admission 50c for games FRIDAY JAN 6 Dance In Sharon Hall sponsored by the Home and School Assn Good orchestra cafeteria lunch to am Everyone welcome SATURDAY JAN Johns bingo in Newmarket Town hall pm Jackpot Free dinnenvare TUESDAY JAR The Red Cross will quilt and sew At Trinity United church from oclock until Lunch served TUESDAY JAN WI is sponsoring a euchre in Sharon hall Prizes lunch Admission Every- one welcome TUESDAY JAN A Annual meeting of the York County Hos pital Womens Auxiliary the Agriculture Board at m i- monthly meeting at St Johns Separate School at pm Panel regarding nurses problems WEDNESDAY JAN An nual meeting and election of of ficers for York North Womens in Veterans Club rooms Newmarket Town Hall ft pm Refreshments WEDNESDAY JAN Bingo In the Canadian Legion hall Newmarket tt pm Jackpot FRIDAY JAN Tea and sale of home baking In home of Mrs Hill comer of Park Ave find Victoria St 230 to pm Also a white elephant table Sponsor ed by Newmarket Women In stitute Proceeds for upkeep of Rest Room MONDAY JAN Annual election of officers for ScoutGidde Wdthers auxiliary hall pm All mothers of scouts guides brownies and guides Urged to attend c2wl every Saturday at every Thursday pan North Admission A family of four escaped seri ous injury last Friday when flames threatened their apart ment on North Main St New- market above a chocolate fac tory The building is opposite the cemetery grounds north of the town limits Mr and Mrs Stephen Pad were awakened by the coughing their two year old daughter Christine They smoke and with Christine and their other daughter Rosemary four the Pads started down the hall toward the stairs the only exit from the apartment Part way down the stairs the family was forced back by flames Mr Pad a bed room window jumped onto a kitchen roof and slid to the ground He caught the two children eased down the roof by his wife then cushioned her fall A neighbor called the fire de partment which extinguished the blaze before it gained bead WW Damage to the building mostly in the area of the staircase was estimated at J Questioned By t Arbitration Several accounts were ques tioned by members of town ell at last weeks meeting Coun cillor Bert Kent asked for an ex planation of the payment of to the Newmarket Paving Co Deputy Reeve said that it covered the work don e on Prospect St Accounts of for Frank Roberts and Sons and for Warren Bituminous Paving Co Ltd were questioned by Councillor Robert Mr said the first amount was for gravel and the second for material for the Prospect St pro A J W- J -v- for for Wesley Brooks the other account The first amount raiyor said teMfor Mr work on police salaries board He was Mr Brooks vital statistics for the of marriage ttT mayor said in of that the cost of the iwlke arbitration to the town to 2074 ijWM r Retarded Children t The appeal for funds by Newmarket and District associa tion for Retarded Children which was in December was postponed until after the Christ mas season Including the dona tions listed here the appeal has raised Cheques should be made pay able to the association and for warded to the treasurer Mrs Ronald or the president William Warden Donations are deductible for income tax pur poses George J Mrs Davis Elm a Lodge Aurora Mrs S Bridge club A Miss I Brown J Carson George Lane A Marriott Penrose J Rich C J Sncep J 500 w Suiek J Taylor Herbert Miller Sarah William Anonymous Walt Hall William Dyer W Janes Garrett j 100 350 300 Norman Hathaway Mrs Robert Banning 200 Anonymous iM Jane Bennett Gerald C Velnnian W A V Newmarket High School Grade Grade OF Pun V a m To Service Stations V Bailey Nisbet Strongly Opposed j J A bylaw for controlling the building of new service stations in Aurora was favored by town council at a meeting Tuesday niht The proposal by Clarence Davis came after a lengthy discussion on whether or not to permit a service sta tion to be built on the west side of the main street of the bus terminal Councillors had been asked by the mayor previously to decide whether or not a station should be permitted in the business area of the town felt that the property should be held in hopes that stores would be built there in the future Councillor Baileys com ment on that was Thats specu lation Councillors Bailey and opposed the bylaw proposal Mr Bailey insisted that such a bylaw would be contravening the principle of free enterprise About the service stations Reeve Davis said We have enough of them And we have the right to say where they should be built Deputyreeve Jones said that the byJaw would not be stopping the opening of service stations We may control them or we may not he said Councillor Stoddart favored the bylaw I dont like to see business re stricted Free enterprise should take care of it said Councillor Keith and de mand should determine whether there should be service stations or not Mayor Henderson stated that the bylaw would not say no more service stations Its not fair If we want we should pass a zoning law declared Council Davidson and also favored the control av I am very strongly opposed said Councillor Wh single out service stations would be going bey out depths It is improper for us morally legally and I am speaking as a layman mind you you can get your legal j advice elsewhere During he Knttslaipnvi there was a question on whether or not council can vent the establishment of a seVVI vice station in the A representative of the company is being asked to appear at next council meeting Mri Commenting on the control by- law Councillor Bailey Why not lawyers banks or any other type of business I like the Idea of control I dont want to see it misused We dont want dictatorship said Councillor Thla bylaw does not mean that more service stations be prevented from locating iff- Aurora said the Whore you trying to Wd asked Councillor Bailey i raGH SCHOOL HAY i A Jm mi ls preparing for a threeact com edy The Skin Of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder- to be present- in March -Xr- v A recommendation was made to the council by Inst town council at Its final of the year on Thursday Dec 29 It the salary of the oiiA A of Reeve Joseph Dales and Councillor Alex Belli that the clerks salary be raised to for was carrted This 5tlJ mean an Increase of Town- KVi L On Police Services To County I Town Council ratified- its third class at a salary of SK agreement York County on officers began their Thursday night whereby the this week duties performed by the Countys force jo Its disband- Ing In September will be assum ed by ttie Newmarket police The services of two additional constables parttime mat ron will hi required Council- authorized the hiring of George Thomas both of Under the York the of fleers will attached to the force duties They Will transport prisoners to and framtfig the jail and the records and do finger printing The county town for arid costs connected with the The Is for a st probationary imiciable period S