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I i J On Pag Two This Week CLASSIFIEDS ON PAGE YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY JANUARY 1957 NO 2 New Chamber Of Commerce Leaders For SINGLE COPIES CENTS EACH QUESTIONS COUNCILS IN LICENSE STATION Big tilings arc ahead for Newmarket Chamber of Comm erce this year One of the chief community endeavors in which the chamber will be taking part in 1857 will he the preparations for the centennial celebrations in August New Chamber of Commerce lead ers for the year elected last week are President George McCullough centre Secretary Tom Surgeoner left and Vice President Ted Robin son right Era photo Protest Road Policy Lack of Zoning Laws A request from the Sub division Ratepayers association that the town take over the roads in that subdivision was referred to the road and bridges com mittee Monday night Criticism of lack of planning and zoning within the town was referred to the planning committee Mr the developer of subdivision has not done all the necessary work required be fore the town can take over these roads explained Roads and Bri dges chairman Wright- man There are items- not finished Were these people advised as to what was being done asked Councillor George Knapton Did they get any satisfaction he ask ed referring to their letter which is reprinted in the adjoining col umn The clerk tells me a letter was Written to the association in ack nowledgement their previous correspondence saying that the matter was being referred to the roads and bridges committee re plied Mr One phase of the letter deals with zoning commented George It is very Important that we do something about a zoning bylaw This is a vexations problem to get perhaps we should set uproad system fc a new awning committee he sug gested The proper committee to look after zoning is the planning com mittee replied Councillor explain ed that Richard St a road of feet in length which will run nor th from Avenue is shown in the plan of the subdivision but has not been built by the develop er as yet A culvert must be put and a re alignment of water is necessary before the town can take over roads he d Vis there no action the town can take to make the complete this work asked Mr Councillor Lome re ferred to the practice of having the subdivide- maintain roads for a twoyear period and asked if that policy was still in force Mr said the two- year period had not expired Why should they ask for the town to take over these roads Mr asked The legal advice of town solic itor Kenneth Stiver was sought He explained that the town had no legal obligation to take over the roads but that once it did work on them it was legally obli gated to take them into the towns Here and There Around Town By Local Observer A desire for harmony on the municipal front was expressed by the majority of visitors at tending the inaugural meeting of town council this week The custom of inviting all guests in the council chambers to speak was followed this year As each rose to extend good wishes for to the newly in stalled council members men tion was made of the need for harmonious relations Town so licitor Kenneth Stiver repeated an adage of the law profession Fight like the devil but cat and drink in peace Newmarket council sent offi cial congratulations to Richmond Hilt on its phenomenal growth of the past year It has reached town status with its population passing Newmarket to make it the largest town in York County Program Items Being Lined Up For Centennial Celebrations Plans are forming for markets centennial celebrations August 16 and The cen tennial committee headed by Alex Eves has been active and is holding a public meeting to night at the town hall at 8 pm Among the program items al ready planned for the event are barbershop quartet horseless carriage parade fireworks dis play band concert street dance horticultural show old time fid- dlers contest sightseeing tours of Newmarket and surrounding district official opening of the swimming pool with celebrities attending an art show and an old pictures gallery At tonights meeting further details will be available for those interested and representa tives of organizations are urged to attend so that they may fit their own plans with the master program COMING EVENTS FRIDAY JAN Dance in FRIDAY JAN Dance at Sharon hall sponsored by Sha ron Home and School York County Boys orchestra Cafe teria lunch Admission Everyone welcome FRIDAY JAN Teen Town dancing till in Scout hall Newmarket clw2 SATURDAY JAN St Johns bingo in Newmarket town hall 8 pm Jackpot clw2 MONDAY JAN East Federation of Agricul ture sponsored Farm Forum in Sharon hall at 8 pm Free lunch All farmers and their families welcome clw2 TUESDAY JAN In Sharon hall 815 pm sponsored by Womens Insti tute Prizes and lunch JAN York Hospital Womens auxil iary annual meeting Agricul tural hall St Newmar ket pm Guest speaker Miss Barbara rcene director of volunteer workers Mount Sinai hospital Toronto Public wel come WEDNESDAY JAN in Newmarket town hall spon sored by the Veterans Assnt 8 All cash prizes Share- Jackpot numbers called Admission Bluebird Inn sponsored by Ar- milage Community club York County Boys orchestra Admis sion Everyone welcome c2w2 FRIDAY JAN 18 General meeting of the North York Hu mane Society in the Council Chambers Newmarket town hall 815 pm This is an open meet ing Come and bring your friends Progress reports for 1956 Election of officers Major wll speak on humane education in North York ciw2 WEDNESDAY JAN 30815 p the friends of the kct Public Library will hold their first meeting at the library to be open to the public A panel discussion will be held on New market Library past present and future The new year was setting records before it was many hours old in several parts of Central and Southern Ontario January was the coldest New Years Day on record Thermometer readings headed downward New Years Eve and the mercury stayed In the lower reaches during the night The cold snap accompanied by bright sunshine in most parts of the province caused a rash of stall ed cars on the holiday and hit practically all parts of the pro vince Unofficial low temperatures for the district included New market 11 below Keswick below Sutton zero Mount Al bert below Aurora below and Bradford below Fire Tuesday Morning It Residence On Dr A fire at the home ot Mr and Mrs William Drive on Tuesday morn ing caused damage Fire Chief John Gibson estimated Neighbors sent In the alarm and assisted in removing furniture from the house Mr was mixing paint and turpentine preparing to paint the bathroom on the second floor when a spark from his cigarette dropped Into the turpentine con tainer causing it to explode Mr Brennand escaped without injury The three older children Pat ricia Tom and Stewart had left for school when the fire broke out Mrs dashed out doors with the two preschool ones Norman and Janice The Newmarket fire brigade arrived at the scene less than two minutes after the alarm was re ceived They succeeded in con fining the blaze to the second story of the frame house Mr and Mrs Brennand praised their efficient work How did council gel mixed up a private undertaking Bert Kent Mort- d ay night He asked question following the reading of a letter advising Newmarket council that It will be notified when the Board of Governors holds a second hearing on commercial radio stations for Richmond Hill and Newmarket Edward who the committee of the whole reviewed the background on the application for radio sta tion licenses for the two York County towns But Mr repeated his question The answer to that replied Councillor Gladstone Is the same as it would be for any private commercial or industrial development unless there was something objectionable to the particular enterprise The town Is Interested in all industrial and commercial undertakings Coun cil does whatever it can to en courage such development in town Originally there were three people interested In a radio lic ense for Newmarket They all appeared before council and council approved In a general way a station for Newmarket Slight Council Flare- Up Over Committees explained Mr Ridler Two of made it a point not applicants and one from Richmond Hill appeared before the which favored Rich mond Hills location for a station while opposing one in Newmar ket One organization continued its efforts to bring a station to Newmarket It asked councils support and was given it In the form of two letters one to the Department of Transport and the other to the CBC At first it did not seem too hopeful but now we learn there is to be an other hearing he added 1 am in favor of a radio sta tion in Newmarket replied Mr Kent But we have one pri vate business we pay a subsidy to- Will we be involved in pav- a subsidy to the station If it goes on the rocks There has been no indication at any time that a subsidy will be requested or required an swered Mr On the contrary from surveys indica tions are that private radio sta tion in Ontario have been quite successful financially Ive never heard of a radio station receiving a subsidy add ed Mr The letter was referred to the planning committee Tempers flared briefly at the Inaugural meeting of town council on Monday night following the presentation of the 1057 standing committees Charging that the police and fire committee was a weak one Councillor Bert Kent recommend ed the Inclusion of a strong man on the committee The committee consists of Mrs Mac Naughton Messrs and You have a weak committee he told council Last year the committee only held three or four meetings What would you suggest asked the mayor Is there any truth In the rumor that if I were elected there would be no place on the police and fire committee for me asked Mr Kent You will have to ask those from whom you heard the ru mor replied Mayor Mr was chairman of the police committee for several years and did nothing continued Mr Kent It was the same last year This Is a weak committee I served five years on the po lice committee three as chair man replied Councillor to Interfere with the police chief I feel his work Is evidence that this was a wise action I am pre pared to work on whatever com mittee I am placed on thats why I am here If Mr Kent is here to do a good job he should take his place on the committee he Is appointed to and be willing to do a job there he added My ability Is not in question here said Mr Kent I have a letter to the Era written by Mr before he was on coun cil complaining about the inade quate police protection He did nothing when elected to council Do I have a resolution asked the mayor Reeve Edward In troduced a resolution that the list of standing committees as amend ed be adopted Mr Kents name was not added to the police and fire commiilee Planning Committee There was no planning and in- only other change In tei committee listed with mayors Hit of standing standing committees when committees was on property the mayor presented 1 committee DeputyReeve Violet tiona Councillor George Knap ton drew attention to this fact and said that one should be added Mayor replied that he didnt think was necessary when a planning board wan being established this year Councillor Gladstone said the two were not the same Council must have a planning and industrial committee which will work to encourage Industrial and commercial development and im plement programs brought before the planning board from council who wilt serve on the planning board should form trio committee Mr Ridler suggested Councillor agreed with Mr Ridler He added that in view of fact that tho major ity of the planning board four members will not be elected rep resentatives of people but ap pointees it Is necessary to have a planning and industrial commit tee on council was chairman of the committee In Her name was dropped from trill years committee but upon request was added to it standing committees arc the first named being chair man Finance Chop pin and MacNaughton Roads and Bridges Knapton and Water and Garbage and Knapton Police and Fire MacNaughton and Paynter Welfare and Kent Properly Kcnl and MacNaughton Planning- n d I a and Knapton Special Sewerage and Appointees to the Planning Board and Choppln MOTION TO INCREASE SALARIES OF COUNCIL A notice of motion to increase the annual salaries of members of council was given by Council lor Gladstone at the in augural meeting The recom mended salaries arc councillor committee chairman an additional and mayor The clement of surprise was double in a recent surprise par ty when a member of the group tendering the party arrived a day early for the celebration Coming into the empty house with the specially decorated cake she decided that everyone had mistaken her for the and was bidding She told them to come out of their hiding places When no one came she went into the kitchen which was also empty Finding the lunch dishes not washed the home maker had had to rush away to make her hairdressers appointment on time she decided to tidy things before the rest of the group ar rived She worked for awhile when she began to wonder where all the people could be and why they wore so late in coming to the party She telephoned one of the members of the group and learned to her amazement that she was one day early for the surprise Grabbing her cake the woman made her exit but not before she met one young member of the household He was sworn to secrecy but was left with the difficult job of attempting to ex plain why on that particular day he had tidied the kitchen The following day when she with the remainder of the group arrived at the appointed hour the mistake added to the 1 of the party To- Operation Is The Keynote Of Mayors Inaugural Address In his Inaugural address May or Herbert Gladman on Monday night said that although the council must face many problems this year it could go forward in cooperation Ho welcomed the old and new members to council and asked them all to assist in holding the discussions best traditions of democratic government It should be possible to curtail the length of the council sessions to two and a half hours he suggest ed One of the big problems of Mayor said was the sewage disposal plant He said the Ontario mission will have a proposal to present to Newmarket this month Some members of coun cil think that It might not be the best way to handle this project through the Water Resources commission he said The planning board will be set up this year Mr added The she will be kept small with a sevenman being named It will consist of two appointees from council the mayor and four citizens of community The building boom of the past few years has been phenomenal It might be slowed by the govern ments policy of tightening Rev Johnston Addresses Council At Inaugural Meeting Monday The new outdoor skating rink on Millard Avenue Is providing plenty of fun for townspeople these days The rink financed by the town and brought into being by the efforts of Edwin Lyon subdivision residents will be opened officially by Mayor Gladman on Saturday evening at pm A Meet Your Neighbor Skating Party will be held and skaters from every part of town are invited to attend Sev eral hundred children and adults enjoyed skating and hockey at the new rink over the last weekend Ratepayers in the Edwin Lyon subdivision headed by George Hunter Peter Bill and Ron Johnston have been flooding the rink and expect to have an excellent skating surface for Saturdays affair The lights installed around the rink are expected to bo turned on tonight or to morrow evening It is expected to have a loudspeaker system and records to provide music for Satur day evening Photo by George Anything that is going to be worthwhile requires moral as well as physical effort Rev Stu art Johnston of St Andrews Pres byterian church told the mem bers of town council at the inaug ural meeting on Monday Jan Mr Johnston spoke to 1057 members of council after Town Clerk Wesley Brooks had Work Board Secretary Speaks At Aurora Meet Of County CGIT Leaders The annual meeting of the York County CGIT leaders and girls council will be held in Aurora United church Friday Jan at pm All leaders the president and one other representative from each group are invited to at tend Miss Marian Banks newly ap pointed secretary of Ontario Girls Work Board will bo present also Miss Iris Daly past secretary who will tell of her new activi ties Have you a group In your church Anyone interested in forming a group Is Invited to attend For further Information contact the president Mrs Bruce Albert or the sec retary Mrs Campbell Newmarket cd their oaths of allegiance to the Queen and heard declarations of office The gavel was presented to Mayor Herbert Mr Johnston advised council to see that their conduct waa befit ting the offices held and the town they represented maintain- that their attitudes and de meanor have an Influence on the part others will be willing to take in municipal affairs We are not unmindful of your task We have every sympathy for your work Many times you aro called to take the brunt of what amounts to unfair criticism Mr Johnston told council Com fort for you comes from the fact that you your actions on a policy that Is sound sound now and for years to come Mr Johnston termed the pre sent time as challenging with many opportunities But he warned that with those opportu nities go responsibilities Canadians are a privileged people and ono of the greatest privileges Is that the Individual can offer himself for service to his community voluntarily with no outside compulsion he said He advised council members to keep their ideals noble and to allow no place for self Interest In their ser vice adding that even if they do good it will not mean they will be Immune to criticism or differing points of view I MEAT PUNT FRE AT MOUNT ALBERT FOUGHT FIVE HOURS DANCING in Bond Head com munity hall every Saturday RESIGNS WSJ i his- position on the Newmarket EVERY SATURDAY evening Library board giving business pressure and lack of as the reasons for his decision- was an appointee of the council His resignation was bingo in Legion hall ville under the auspices of the Canadian Legion Branch at sharp Jackpot special door prizes Admission r body Everybody welcome accepted with regret at the Mon day night meeting Mount Albert firemen were close to five hours fighting a fire at the Martin Meat Plant on the western outskirts of Mount Al bert Tuesday morning but suc ceeded in saving the major por tion of equipment Damage wai estimated at The tire was discovered at 245 am by Dr C Noble Sut ton who was returning home on Highway from York County hospital firemen assisted the Mount Albert bri gade Damaged in the blaze were the warehouse and processing sec tions of the plant More than two of waxed card board cartons fed the flames Approximately twothirds of the roof on the cement block was leak Members Of 57 Newmarket Council And Staff of Newmarket town council and staff members are Photo after the inaugural council meeting Monday night Back row left to right are Councillors Bert Kent Lome John Choppln Gladstone and George Knapton Don consulting engineer and Grant Blight assistant clerk Front row left to right are Town Clerk Wesley Brooks Reeve Edward Mayor Herbert Gladman DeputyReeve Violet and the chief of Newmarket police Byron A H l A