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i EDITORIALS ON PAGE TWO THIS WEEK CLASSIFIEDS ON PAGE FOUR AND FIVE ERA 104TH YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY SEPT 27 NO 38 SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS EACH Mayor Gets First Dial Telephone -i- Lions Park To Be Pool Site Resume Drive For 20000 PURCHASE OF SIGNS FOR STREET NAMES AUTHORIZED MONDAY A resolution lo purchase new street signs was passed by New market council Monday night A controversial subject at the coun cil meeting the completed project includ- will be installed in hopes that doortodoor mail delivery will Tile site for a community out door pool in the Lions Park area was approved by market council Monday night Peter Gorman chairman of the swimming pool committee of the recreation commission Says that the campaign to raise the remainder of necessary funds will start in two or three weeks According to Mr Gorman 25- is the total amount already a teed and more is needed Dial telephones now ore beginning to appear in many homes offices and stores throughout the Newmarket area in preparation or the over of the telephone system to dial operation in Decem ber One of the first residents to have a dial instrument installed was Herbert Newmarkets mayor who is pictured here Tribute To Legion A motion of thanks lo the New market branch of the Canadian Legion was passed Monday night with his new telephone As part of this work the Bell installers and heir forth or in proper use j weekend lacrosse tournament and for its fine show of hospitality Dial Installations Started For In December Installation dial telephones In homes offices and stores serv ed by the Newmarket exchange got under way litis week mark ing another important step fur- ward in preparations for the cut- over this communitys tele phone system in December All of the telephones served by Here and There Around Town Residents In the Vivian area vondered last week if an atomic bomb had been exploded Some called police suggesting that the I world was coming to an end They reported that they had felt their houses shaking Pictur es and dishes rattled and banes of glass were broken in several windows AH the tumble resulted when a man used sticks of dyna mite for a job which experts say required Latin of Wie the local exchange will either he replaced by dial instruments or will have dials fitted to them within the next few months Hell Telephone man ager here explained He pointed out that a large number of tele phones arc adaptable for the ad dition of a dial and only those that are not adaptable will be re placed Until the changeover to dial In December telephone users should avoid touching the dial during conversation said the manager The dial instrument is to be us ed in exactly the same manner as the manual instrument it re places until the moment of the conversion All other projects connected with the are proceeding according to schedule Installat ion of the dial switching equip ment in the new building on Mill ard avenue is now well under way and the extension outside wires and cables ami their adapt ation for use under the dial sys tem are progressing satisfactor ily be started by the post office de partment next spring Compared with last weeks meeting the council session Mon day was reasonably quiet Hut Councillor A Bel gin pointed out that the cost of the signs nearly 4000 seems a lot especially when the Toronto Star does it free He also wondered why the signs could not be placed on houses and other buildings on street corners The plan now is to put them on posts He pointed out that the city of Toronto lias street signs on buildings Councillor said that 3800 seems a lot of money when the cost of numbering houses was only 2700 Mr e I u said the cost would be 3000 not Its going up all the time said Councillor Haskell Reeve said he has not yet ordered the posts for the signs He said that there was a misunderstanding last week about him ordering the posts Hut they do have to be bought he said Controversy last week con cerned the purchase of street signs without a further commit tee report on prices had been requested by council earlier in the summer dressing rooms showers and equipment tie said that contri butions from industries and a large percentage of townspeople not previously canvassed should equal the vet to be rais ed Mr Gorman told council mem bers that a saving of several thousands of dollars could be made at the Lions Park site cast of the community tennis courts The existing fence on the east side of the tennis courts and the existing cement block building in the Lions Park made up part of the saving he said He outlined plans to coordin ate swimming and other recreat ional activities already being con ducted in the park during summ er months The park site is pre ferred because of its central loc ation and because of the numer ous shade trees which are an as set to crafts classes and other childrens activities The location was chosen in preference to the fair grounds on the east side of town For the cement block building known as the bandstand plans have been made to raise the roof whole and to make alterations so that not in Pauls Anglican church and we should be sure of proper dents in the area parking and maintenance he Other details were outlined for council members The gallons of water in the swimm ing pool could be utilized for fire protection A wading pool for small children would be next to the swimming pool Sun day swimming hours would not conflict with church services be- back to life the swimming from pm to pm All pool He said that the school would be out of the pool I board should be in favor of by pm each night The ing the grounds for parking hour from pm to pm would space They are an elected body be reserved for adults and the and elections are coming up said Mayor said that the land fronting on St to which reference was made was deeded to the town by Owens to be used as a park Councillor A said It took Mr Gorman to bring it King Obtains Favorable Comment By Ratepayers On New Township Office pool would be closed by pm Six showers would be installed on each side of the pool and all health restrictions would be ob served- The recreation commiss ion hopes to have a wading pool for youngsters at each end of the town to keep pace with the growing population Charges at the swimming pool including season memberships would be nominal The policy would be to include the surround ing communities and it is plann ed that the pool which will han dle children will serve a 15mile radius Mr Gorman said the pool will attract people to Newmarket and eventually en courage other communities in the district to develop similar recre ation centres Mr Gorman said that there would be a staff of eight at the swimming pool A seasons oper ating costs were estimated at 500 He pointed out that hie pro fit from the operation of the pool provided funds for the recreation budget for the community Hut we are this to make money he soon he added Mr Gorman said that five of the six members of the school board had been con tacted and that they were in fav or of the proposal Councillor said that al ready there are t w public schools in the nearby area and it would not be likely that another addition would be built to Stuart school He said that the site for the pool was not selected be cause of a whim looking at the blueprints I doubt that this project will de face the area or devalue proper ty said Mr Canon Rhodes had pointed out that there is a investment in Angli can church properties in the area Councillor expressed gratitude for the efforts of Mr Gorman and his associates a- a swimming pool Referr ing to his opinion differing from Canon Rhodes recalled that the minister had addressed council on the occas ion of a new year inauguration meeting and had pointed out that On Friday Sept at am the Ontario Municipal Hoard will conduct two separate hearings in A temporary card showing the Masonic hall One 1 present telephone number will King City area zoning plated in the centre of the townships will be asked to re- lm erection move the card at the time of the buildings available to reveal the permanent hearing deals dial number underneath Until then the number will be un changed and callers will contin ue to ask for numbers verbally as at present In addition to insulting the dial telephone Hell craftsmen will ex- mount Ave Toronto plain its use and operation to the ling to remove the slump of an customer and of his tree which was family or staff on the properly of Here ym considering alien and Sports club when bidding an extension telephone to set off the dynamite charge ymtF home the forthcoming visit Houses in a radius of four mil- of an installer will afford a con es of the club frit the blast ca ves on tree were shredded The operation tuicesful The troublesome tool were re moved en lent occasion to have this eat out said Mr interested telephone the companys business office make the necessary ruigeineniv customers to of highway COMING EVENTS THE Newmarket Handicraft Group starts essoin in weaving smocking rug making and lea- Phone Mrs Lillian Newmarket Plan visit annual Trade Fair In urea Sept Exhibitors exhibiting everything you need for your home ft prices THURSDAY Final registration for Newmarket Figure Skating club pm At arena Fees dm now SEPT Attention all Legion members so cial in the hall Newmarket at pm FRIDAY 28- Rummage from to pm in St An drews Sunday school room Bargains in clothing for the whole family Come and visit our White Table DANCING every Saturday night to Norm Hurling and His Kings at Mount Albert commun ity hall if3 St Johns Bingo Newmarket Town Hall at pm SUNDAY SEPT Anyone interested in going to Graven- hunt kindly phone Mrs Newmarket OCT aYork Coun ty Hospital Womens Auxiliary general meeting irn Ag ricultural Hall Panel on Gift Ultra I office full attendance Newmarket Shop OCT in Canadian legion hall pm Admission cards OCT I The regu lar monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held pm in the Agricul- St A of members is desired It SIMS OCT I Newmar ket Cancer Society in the Agri cultural rooms St Newmarket to pm Wor kers needed FRIDAY OCT ft Newmarket Figure Skating club a kale ex change at to l pm Skates to he sized and priced be fore bringing to arena SATURDAY OCT Recreation Centre Turkey Shoe at Rakers Sand PR north road Lake Wilcox am FRIDAY OCT rummage sale in town hall base ment Newmarket to 4 pm Donations may he left at 218 St Newmarket THURSDAY OCT tea by the Junior Ladies Aid of the Christian church Sale of fancy work aprons bak ing and candy From to Tea FRIDAY NOV Auxiliary in Trinity United church wilh debentures or a municipal building in the township Township ratepayers can speak in support of or oppose applicat ions by he township to the board for debentures not exceeding for the construction and equipping of new iimnicipil of fices and to dispense with a vole by ratepayer on the expendit ure Township solicitor J Lu cas will be present to explain what mill rate will be required to carry through the project The site chosen is on the King- id immediately went The bunding is to be of masonry anil glass pro viding a private oil ice for the Rose space for the assessors build ing inspector accommodation for the road a trim- mil lee loom and a sizeable coun cil chamber There will be vault in the lower portion of the where there s heal ing unit and storage space Voicing a few opinions on the project ratepayers g rail y acknowledge the need of this building- The present township office used since is a small mom onto a dwelling One corn er is boxed off as a tiny room for the and her The council chamber with its council table and chairs also ac commodates a vault a high old fashioned cupboard a desk table anil a small closed stand the front of the room the one and only door is a counter wilh open shell space On one side of the council chamber is a halfwindow high above the floor that can be opened in hot weather The front door can also lie opened let cooler air plus the din and roar of the traffic on highway The building heat ed by an oil space unit Rack of the council renin is a halllike room where books are kept mostly open shelves A I one end above two steps is the only washroom There are two telephones in the count chamber and King exchange When the sec retary answers a call while coun cil is in action can pull of the cords into her little office the door and hear her party if the conversation In the other room is not too vigorous A newcomer to township said he went to the of- or more the home of the building inspector When he wanted to consult the road superintendent he could telephone at his home or meet him in the township office As a strang er to directions he said he wond ered why these office- could not be found in the one building Asked Ibis week about new municipal offices and having to pay on a debenture which would increase his taxation he replied There are a great many taxpay ers in a township of this magni tude to share the expenditure There will he many others like myself who will have a prefer ence for King and will be anxious to live in it It is wor th a good municipal centre A elderly retired aimer scratched his head thoughtfully and I am not keen on any thing that wilt raise my taxes at my time of life and suppose the present township office would do for a while longer We are not yet in Metro Rut I think nut should have a better place In which to do his work in this day and ace An fanner thinks new accommodation is ve much needed and to him the debenture does not extrava gant A good farmer needs good buildings the township should not have to do less he slat ed A King City man paying for new home said I have never been in King township municipal office but from what I hear accommodation and working con ditions are gelling pretty grim Said it merchant The location of the proposed education official in the recreat ion field saw the plans for tit swimming pool and related recre ational facilities His comment that the area Wouldethc recreational centre of its province said the during their year of serving the athletic equipment can be stored said Fees would be nominal and j town councillors might in it At the same time he men- children who could not afford to make decisions which their a quartermile track a- fees will be looked after he best friends might not like round the ball diamonds at the I said No Meeting nearby Stuart Scott school Criticisms Heard Councillor George Has km He said that a department of I Canon J Rhodes of St Pauls pointed out that council church who had pic- had passed a resolution that objections to the proposed the parks board and the recrcat- at a previous council ion commission meet to choose a meeting said that verification should be made on the availabil ity of parking space Having organised and worked with boys clubs Canon Rhodes said that he is in favor of a swim ming pool for the community Rut he questioned the proposed location mainly because of poss ible parking problems He point ed out that lie had heard that the proposed parking area fronting on St is owned by the Lions Club Official permission from the school board should le best type m the chairman Areas He named two areas for park ing An area HO feet by feel behind the swimming pool site and fronting on Eagle St was one He said the property belongs to the town The either parking area would be on the Stuart Scott school grounds The St extension which is an eastwest lane through the park would be closed with the approval of the Lions Chib he said site for the swimming pool and that a recommendation be brou ght to council from the meeting He said that no such meeting was held Mr Gorman said a meeting bad been called We called but we could not get in touch with you he said to Councillor The meeting was held last Thursday he said When was the meeting call ed asked Mr When the swimming pool chairman said it was called Thursday afternoon AVERS Local Woman Appointed Regional Advisor For Ontario and Hub Miss Ayers a past pre of the Newmarket Busi ness and Professional Womens club has been appointed a Re gional Advisor for the Ontario and club Miss Ayers district includes organizations in ville Geo rgetown Brampton and Newmar ket Miss is a charter mem ber of the local club and has held the offices of recording secretary vicepresident publicity conven er as well as a twoyear term as president She was a delegate to the Nat ional Biennial conventions in Hal ifax in and Vancouver in This summer she attended the Seventh Triennial Internat ional convention both of which were held in Montreal Since be coming a member of the organis ation Miss has missed on ly one provincial conference Miss Ayers was born in New market where she received her education completing honor mat riculation and special commerc ial course at the Newmarket high school Miss won proficien cy prizes gold medal fop typing and the Pitman shorthand Sho employed as secretary for afrsV notary public Among her Interest- Miss Ay includes reading the theatre travel and music She is an ac complished pianist Her travels have taken her lo Alaska Yukon Bermuda and Barbados Rut Miss Ayers believ es in seeing Canada first having travelled from the Atlantic to the Pacific obtained he said before it could Mr said he was in his he assumed that the Stuart Scott office all afternoon and could grounds could he used for would be summer re- ing He added that another wing strict ions for parking on St east of Church St and oil Church St in the park area These restrictions were suggested in view of complaints from St have contacted Mr Gorman said Messrs Van- on the school could cancel out Zant and had attend- Woman Gives Birth In Police Cruiser Police lost a race with the stork when a Union vide woman gave birth to a baby gtrl in a township police cruiser near Wednesday after noon The cruiser was rushing Mrs Albert to York Courtly hospital when the occurred Her husband Albert reported that when he started to diplomacy take his wife to the hospital his car wouldnt start Knowing that he could not get an ambulance in time he phoned the police The cruiser was driven by Dukes while George Clayton leaned over the front scat assisting Mrs If it hadnt been for these gat ed the meeting is secre tary of the parks board Vole On Site All members of council except Councillor voted in fav or of the park site Deputyreeve said that she ap preciated the church position but not think the church would Mother and baby are in York be She favored the County hospital doing fine suggestion that there be no park- Theyre in hotter shape than I on and Church streets those parking facilities in the future It will be a wonderful thing for Newmarket this 40000 plant officers Im sure 1 would have lost my wife and baby said Mr was never so seared in my life RUMMAGE SALE A rummage sale will be held tomorrow in the basement of Si Andrews Presbyterian church Newmarket The will be from am to pan am admitted Clayton during summer months Councillor Alex Hands favor ed the Lions park site because The cruiser made the mile trip in It minutes Every time the woman yelled was central He also said that he I put my foot Oil the said heard that there is quicksand at Const utile Dukes He refused to the fair grounds which might slate whether this was due to cause problems if a swimming or nerves I pool were built there FOR PROPERTY ON DAVIS 1HUVK Approval by council to supply water to property owned by Grant cm Davis Drive was given Monday night The property is on the north side of I he street in bury township October II To Re Salvation Army Way Newmarket town council pass ed a resolution Monday night lo declare Thursday October as Salvation Army Day new building is quite logical It ought not to be any hardship or US to make the change lie said the dollar or added his tax es should not he too bin Institute Entertained By Former Director To Move Fire Alarm System To Police Department Office Newmarkets fire alarm item will be moved from town wat er works building to the police office in the near future The move will coincide with the tele phone changeover to the dial system Deputyreeve Violet chairman of the police committee presented a motion to this effect at meeting Monday night Three full time employees are ho provided at the police office for telephone duties coordinat ing police and fire protection ser vice Councillor A Rolugin said that the three employee take the place of one and two sev enths people previously employ ed The new system will ensure for a building permit He was 1hour service he must drive three miles I At present a telephone call to number will bring out tin volunteer fire department The new number will he announced wilh the to the dial system Councillor pointed out that a similar resolution had been presented to council for the move to the police department by Councillor Alex Hands on a pre- vinus occasion He said that the new system will give added protection Re cently no night clerk has been on duly to receive calls at the police between am and am he said Unless a police man on the night beat into the office culls have not been answered during those hours tie said The growing population re quires 24hour service he The Womens Institute visited the Ontario Agricultural College recently and enjoyed bus tour of the grounds Afterwards they were entertained at the home of a former Mrs and Prof of Mrs was formerly the director of the Womens Institute branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture Present also were some officials of local Womens Institutes Knjoying a cup of tea are left to right Mrs W Kwen her mother Mrs Charles Lewis of Newmarket Mrs vice president of the Royal Mrs ft district vicepresident Mrs Ronald president of the Quecnsville WIJ and Mrs Roy Watts of the WI