Ontario Community Newspapers

Newmarket Era and Express, 19 Jul 1956, p. 9

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M In Honor Governor General On July 1 Recent his friends In Scout In In Newmarket and town official held an Honor Night for Mr Martin when ha presented with ft by Mr Pilling the Boy Scout During hie then of service to local routing Mr held every office In the Group Committee He waa it chairman for the three Mr Martin wa Instru mental in raising funds and largely responsible for obtain ing the Scout Halt in which the towne Cubs Guides and hold their weekly A lingular honor came to one Of Newmarkets on years Dominion Day Mr Robert Martin was included In the lit of Honors and Awards by His The Right Honorable Vincent Mawey Gov- General of Canada Mrvlfaasey as Chief Scout for awarded the Medal of to Mr Martin in rccgni- of of service to Scouting in four countries Iff Martin the old honorary chairman of tht local Scout Group committee organ- ted first Scout troop in anbtrf Sweden In He assisted In Ink widish the first edition of Lord Scouting for Mia contribution to scouting in Sweden was recognised last year when he returned to to the Tack medal Police Chief who had been a member of the troop organized by Mr Martin presented him with the Thanks Badge Scouting in Scotland England and Canada has received assist ance from Mr Martin during the past years He has worked organiser group chairmen diitriet and finance in these countries In airly he served as of tha County of Mid lothian when Sir Henry Dun dee was the County Commission er of Scouts Later when his business took him to England he con tinued his Scouting work being made secretary of the district of and Peng This was the largest one in the and Classifieds country having Scout troops bring rcaults MOUNT MAN FINK Shappard Mount Albert was fined and court costs or days when convicted of Impaired driving and failing to remain at the scene of an ac cident He pleaded not guilty to the charges and received a pension of his drivers license East police testi fied that Sheppard while travell ing north on No highway on June sideswiped a car driven by James Boiling of Mount Al bert Rolling chased the car and stopped it In lw than a mile said that he didnt know he had hit the other car He admitted having been drink ing but testified that his ability was not impaired Challenging employment combines with valuable experience and train- ins in Canadas Regular Army The pay is good You fcara new skills perhaps a trad or train to be a leaden You get a taste of real lure have a chance to make lifelong frknd with men young enthusiastic a cut above average After three year you make your choice to leave or guy sod make a career with advancement and variety Find out about one of Canadas better careers no obligation a WW- Si Toronto Out Tel KM I la eeeeaeeeeeeeea j- ffStiv fCSSivJiftV il frr i f v BOOK edited by Att- Book Canada United eatkal trade This la a remarkable book not because of its contents some of which are very good but because It was even written An antholo gy of high school prose and poet ry is a challenging idea Many persons begin this book with a of are to end it with a sense of excitement because as the edi tor says some of it is very good indeed Those who condemn Canada and Canadians as lacking in cul ture are going to be dumbfound ed those who have maintained the contrary on faith alone will have at least the promise In this book to support them and those who merely like to read un coupled with any sense of nation alism will be glad to know that the supply of potential authors is by no means exhausted There no avoiding tha fact that many of the selections read like high school English themes and throughout the book runs the flavor of youth not the urbane cynicism and disillusionment that we often associate the youth ful writings for the thirties but an almost timeless characteristic a searching for essential meaning and a sort of adolescent But here and there like nuggets gleaming in ore are works that can be presented with no hint of apology and no refer ence to the authors youth except perhaps in a sense of amazement Such an author is Lands- berg a year old student at Earl Collegiate If she does not make a perm anent place for herself in literature then this will cheerfully eat his lyiKswriter has contributed poem in blank verse Four only me lines each but contain a wealth of perception like one called Mood I was not hungry Till I ate nor sad until I had wept a while But it is a longer popm vistcd in blank verse that shows a maturity of vision and expres sion The of us sat on a wooden fence A crisscross fence of weather- silvered logs And felt the sunshine through our cotton shirts Before us autumn fields were bright with wheat That rippled in the wind The russet trees Made whispering sounds Because the sky was blue And we were young and countless azure days Lay in the years ahead we sang out loud Now two of us Are Rone I went back yesterday alone The fence was there but strangely gaunt and great The bones of some dead dinosaur halfseen Through grey damp fox The trees were bare and black And lonely Shreds of mist clung clammily To their thin hands and swirled uncertainly Like and ha If forgot ton dreams On the whole the poetry selec tions stand out more than the prose Top honors should also go to another old Helena of Mercy College St Johns wrote Newfoundland Spring The Highland mists That come and go May seem like For a day or so When you are in the Highland But when you live By the oceans shore Where they stay for a month And sometimes more They hold no strange beauty They are wet and cold And trees are bare The flowers sleep And the lines of care Grow deeper on the farmers face Gods weather you say But not His best This sickening fog That rose from the crest Of the roiling waves in the One prose selection will revive old controversies as to the difference between poetic prose and blank verse for its author Roger Harding of BC hss an almost lyrical style to ex press the theme of his story What thing is it that grows with in a man such as he a of ardour that is nurtured in the memory of pain that until it dominates the soul Pine Orchard Stays In Front Rain slowed play in the Lake loop last week Four con tests were played and four were postponed The league standing as of July is Pine Orchard points Zephyr Keswick Mount Albert 10 Vandorf Willow Beach Keswick Legion 3 Pine Orchard is likely to lose two points and Willow Beach will gain two the Orchardmen used an ineligible player in their game of July Bob fired a fivehitter as Rockets defeated Zephyr at Zephyr Tuesday Bob Millers two hits and the steady batting of Dave Penfold Bon Beckett and Bob English gave the Rockets a early lead Clark Arnold doubled home the Blues only run In the sixth Rookie was charged with the defeat Craig Case Harold Simpson Ken Case and Elmer Paisley tag ged run scoring hits as Mount Albert jumped away to a second frame lead and went on to defeat at Bel- haven Wednesday Craig Case tossed fivehit ball while Mount Albert scratched up eight hits off Bill Henry Tom Jones and George Davidson whacked the Bels solid hits Don Glover pitched a four in ning nohitter and Josh Preston yielded two the rest of the way as Pine Orchard blanked Willow Beach at Pine Orchard Wednesday McNeill and Dick Sinclair stroked out Beach hits Howard Ashs triple Nob by Ashs double and single and the solid sending of Doug Card and Bill Dike spearheaded the winners march First innings triples by Don and McNeill scored three runs and started Willow Beach away to a 3 win over Friday at Willow Beach Both teams collected nine hits as Bill Ego toiled for the winners and Bill Henry worked in a losing cause Irwin Davidson George Da son Bill Coiner and Bill collected two hits each to Dick piled an impressive threehit show lead the while a with and McNeill Roberts contributed an extra double ATTEND REUNION The annual family union was held at Gorge on Sunday July tending from Newmarket Mr and Mrs Alex and Mrs Jack McCabe and and Mrs Robert McCabe See why 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