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Newmarket Era and Express, 28 Feb 1957, p. 11

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M Era Kwfnm fa imt PLEASANTVILLE Womans World By CAROLINE ION The Library Have you wondered how book lions is done for public lib- Are you interested in routines followed from the the book leaves the pub- it is available on the librarys shelf and how it is kept track of after that Perhaps you are more con cerned with practical suggestions for ways and means of increas ing the reading materia in the towns public library You as an individual or a member of an organization would like to know w you can help fill the empty The answers to these questions others will be given when the Newmarket Friends of the Library association holds a char ter meeting in the library on Wednesday March 6 at p m They will be provided by no less an authority than Miss Mary Silverthorn who teaches book selection to future librar ians attending the University of Toronto Library school Miss was born and educated in Calgary Alberta She graduated from the Willing Workers will meet on Wednesday March at the home of Mrs Doug Hope Roll call Name a missionary SCHOMBERG Too Late For Last Week Mr and Mrs Charles Holt Tor onto visited Mrs G Brydon on Tuesday and Wednesday and at tended the Golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Fred Sheardown Miss Moss and friend Lon don visited Miss Betty Edwards on Sunday and Mrs Fred Skinner Port Credit were in town on Sat urday renewing old ces Mrs Neil spent Monday and Tuesday with friends in Toronto Mrs Lloyd Cunningham Bar- spent Saturday afternoon and evening with Mrs Wilfred Aitchi- son Mrs Marshall Mrs Ross King and Mr Norman Bond Head visited Mrs William Merchant on Tues day Miss Marilyn returned home on Saturday after being a patient in York County hospital Newmarket for a week A number from here attended the skating carnival on Saturday and Sunday Mrs Neil visited her daught er in Newmarket on Tuesday Mrs Walter Thompson and Mrs Alden Winter spent Friday in Woodbridge visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Herb of Alberta and received her MA in Library Science from the University of Illinois Miss Silverthorn worked for awhile in the Calgary Public li brary She taught for two years in the Carnegie Libary school and is at present an associate professor at the Uni versity of Toronto Library school where she conducts courses on the selection and use of books and other library ma terials for both adults and teen agers She is president of the Ontario Library association Since book selection is her spe cialty Miss Silverthorn has chosen Books for Our Library as the topic of her talk Miss will lead a discus sion period following her talk Charter Meeting This is the first Friends of the Library association to be formed in Ontario There are many similar groups in the United States and there is one in Van couver It will be at the meeting on March 6 that the local group will be organized officially and everyone will have an oppor tunity of becoming charter mem bers We want everyone interested in our towns library to feel wel come said the originator of the idea locally Mrs Donald Downey We hope there will be many people who will want to become charter members The response to the pre-organiz- ation work has been encourag ing Mrs Downey said the group regretted this meeting falls on the same night as Open House at the towns public schools She invited parents and teachers to feel free to come to the meeting after Open House Mr and Jewitt and Keith had Friday dinner with Mrs Murray Mr and Mrs attend ed the funeral of his brother-in- law Mr Stewart in Toronto on Monday Mr and Mrs Howard Pine Orchard and Mr and Mrs and Roger motored to Oshawa on Saturday and had din ner with Mr and Mrs Don Cam eron Mrs Earl Heisy Vineland and Mrs Richard Preston and son Vandorf were Thursday dinner guests of Mrs Delmar Preston Mr Sterling Cody Toronto spent a few days last week with his brother and sisterinlaw Mr and Mrs Roy Cody Mr and Mrs Jack Byers Stou- were Sunday night tea guests of Mr Murray McClure Mr and Mrs Harry Cooper Newmarket had Sunday tea at the Greenwood home NEWMARKET SOCIAL NEWS Mrs Conrad has sold her house on Timothy St to Mr Leo Blackburn Kettleby Mrs Lepard will move to an apart ment on the Golden Mile Sear- at the end of March Mr and Mrs Clifford White and Mr and Mrs Gordon Ban- Weston left today for a holiday trip to Florida Mrs Nelson Ion associate editor of the Era and Express attended the annual convention of the Ontario Weekly News papers convention King Ed ward hotel Toronto on Friday and Saturday The first annual father and son banquet of St Pauls Angli can cubs and scouts was held in the parish hall on Tuesday The Ladies auxiliary of St Pauls Scout group catered for the tur key dinner Miss Florence Cain of the Bell Telephone Co has complet ed a threeday course at Univer sity building Toronto Mr- and Mrs Clifford are holidaying in Florida Mrs Fred Hoare is visiting Mr and Mrs Harold MISS BETTY GRAHAM TELLS OF CAS WORK Miss Betty Graham executive director of the York County Chil drens Aid society addressed St Andrews WA when the group met at the home of Mrs Herbert Hill on Tuesday Feb Mrs James Fans presided The devotional period was con ducted by Mrs Sidney Simmons and Mrs Gerald The pro gram included a short contest un der the direction of Mrs Sim mons Mrs Hill introduced Miss Gra ham who outlined the organiza tion of the society within York County She described the work carried on by the Childrens Aid society Mrs Leonard Little moved the vote of thanks to the speaker A social time followed Re freshments were served by the hostess assisted by Mrs Roy Mc Donald and Miss Margaret Gil- TRINITY WA GROUPS HAVE TRAVEL TALK A travelogue on Switzerland will be presented at a joint meet ing of the Evening and Afternoon of Trinity United church in the church hall on Tuesday Mar at 8 pm AH women of the church are invited to attend Mrs Aubrey Watsons group will be in charge of the program Final plans will be completed for the Spring Bonnet tea which will be held under the auspices of the Evening on Thursday Mar 28 Guest soloist will be Mrs C C Schofield Miss Diana Park will illustrate her talk on Switzerland with colored slides taken during her European tour EDUCATION WEEK Next week March 5 to is Edu cation Week in Canada a time to remember that education is ev erybodys business Plan to visit one or more of the local schools on Open House day Whether or not you are a par ent of a schoolage child you will be interested in the environment and methods of modern youth training ATTEND FIRST PROVINCIAL RURAL LEADERSHIP FORUM Approximately selected del egates attended Ontarios first Provincial Rural Leadership Forum at Prudhommes Garden Centre from Febru ary 17 to 23 Each county and district in the province had the opportunity of selecting two delegates to attend The sponsoring provincial organ izations also sent a limited num ber of delegates The forum was sponsored by six Ontario farm organizations and the Ontario Department of Agriculture and the Ontario Department of Edu cation Since there is a great need for informed and capable leaders to help rural people face the new problems in their organizations and in their communities this leadership forum was set up to give them the opportunity to study and discuss needs and problems of Ontarios rural population The delegates had the oppor tunity to study and practise basic principles and procedures that will enable them to work more effectively in their local organ izations and communities and to help promote the best in com munity life The forum activities were di vided into six main parts evalu ation of the preceding nights program morning presentations PROPOSE FULL TIME RECREATIONAL DIRECTOR The following notice of motion was introduced at Monday nights council meeting by Councillors George Haskett and George Kna- It will be next week As our population increases the demands for recreational fac ilities for our citizens young and old increases Therefore be it re solved that the town of Newmark et employ the services of a quali fied full time recreational direct orarena manager also an assist ant recreational director to cope with these increasing demands it resolved also that the town of Newmarket advertise for appli cations for these two positions and accept the applicants most fitted to carry out these duties THE SHOUT CUT TOOK LONGER SCOUT MASTER IS GUEST SPEAKER Scout Master Bruce Lindsay was guest speaker when the Lad ies auxiliary of St Pauls Angli can Scout group met in the parish hall on Thursday Feb 21 Mrs Jack presided Mr Lindsay spoke on the Boy Scout movement which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year In the centenary celebration of the birth of the founder of scout ing Lord BadenPowell are be ing held Mr Lindsay told the group as he reviewed the develop ment of the youth movement Scout Master Herbert Fletcher spoke briefly Plans were comple ted for the first father and son banquet for St Pauls cubs and scouts CHEQUE FROM ARENA A cheque for 1000 was receiv ed by town council from the New market Arena commission 1 day The money is to be applied to the arena debenture and brings the total paid to this account by the commission since October to SCOUT SERVICE HELD AT ST PAULS A special service was held at St Pauls Anglican church on Sunday evening to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Lord BadenPowell and the anniversary of scouting Members of St Pauls Cub pack and Scout company attended in uniform accompanied by their leaders The boys renewed their promises Parents and friends joined in the service which was conducted by Rev Canon J Rhodes Scout Master Bruce Lin dsay assisted she has the answer This lady had a shopping problem Wanted to be sure of tinjr the best and the most for her money Now she has the answer Found it in the advertising columns of this newspaper where the most successful merchants always put their best buys forward The Newmarket ERA EXPRESS lour Community Central Press cuidlmn Five men made a quick scramble from car when It plunged through the ice of Kempenfeldt bay in Lake Simcoe Ont They were taking a short cut across the ice when they drove over an ice ridge Driver Dyer saw the ridge but could not the car away from it The car was salvaged Charter Meeting Planned For Friends Of Library County Sets Mil Rate Unchanged From 1 956 York County mill rate for was set at when County council met on Tuesday The mill rate remained unchanged from last years despite an increase in the budget of because of an increase in the equalized ass essment of the county The budget is for 350 Of this 675355 must be rais ed by taxation with county levy accounting for 513427 and roads levy for the balance of 161928 The countys equalized assessment lands at NEW Printed Pattern Easier to cut Sew and fit Books for our library will be the theme of the charter meeting of the Friends of the Newmarket Library association on Wednesday March at 815 pm Guest speak er will be Miss Mary Silverthorn Toronto A report of committee will be presented by Mrs C E Tea will be served by Mrs Beatrice Brown and her committee Miss Silverthorn associate pro fessor at the University of Toron to Library school will consider the topic from three viewpoints HOSPITAL DEFICIT No action was taken by York County council on the request by York County hospital for assist ance to meet an operating deficit of 67000 County council at its session the nominations Tuesday passed a resolution auth orizing the Finance committee to have its auditors examine the Hospitals records and report back to council how books are chosen how a book of new informationsmall group l publisher to the lib- discussions skill sessions in thef and how afternoon an evening program plained by the delegates and so cial recreation York County delegates were Angus Morton and Mrs Ross Armitage Pine Orch ard how we can get more books for the Newmarket library She will lead an open discussion period at the conclusion of her talk YORKI NORTH WOMEN TEACHERS MEET AT SHARON Miss Haines president of the Federation of Women Teachers of York I North presided at the as sociations regular dinner meet ing held in Sharon community hall on Wednesday evening Feb 6 Following dinner a lively sing song was led by Miss Cole of the Aurora staff while Miss Fife also of Aurora provided piano accom paniment The stage was gay with Valentine and Irish suggestions for classroom projects These with materials for class activities in music arithmetic spelling and social studies vere assembled by teachers from the northern part of the inspectorate under the leadership of Mrs Hope Thompson Sutton West Miss Evelyn Newmark et outlined aims and ideas for education week which will be ob served across Canada during the week or March to The guest speaker was Miss Mary Armour Heights public school Her subject was on the proposed salary schedule com piled by the OTF FURTHER HEARINGS TO BE HELD ON RADIO SERVICE APPLICATIONS DoubleHeader As Aurora Starts Playoffs Auroras two minor hockey teams Lions bantams and Appliance midgets received their marching orders over the weekend The bantams will play while the midgets hook up with I in series compe tition The two tea will play a double header at the Aurora arena tonight with the bantams taking on Elmira at pm and the midgets meeting at pm The CBC board of governors scrics as announced yesterday that at totalgoals scries The request of the Transport Depart- to open further hearings are to be Emi held next month into radio whUe awav vice for the Richmond Hill-New- last evening market areas The board last October Printed Pattern LEGION LADIES VISIT YORK MANOR The Legion Ladies auxiliary birthday party for residents at York Manor was held last week when colored movies of Florida Nova Scotia Alberta and north ern Ontario were shown by Mrs Ariel Thompson Mrs Thompson had taken the films on trips to the various areas Kenneth provided the for a singsong I cake and cards were dis tributed to those celebrating birthdays this month and light re freshments were served Mrs Arthur Sheridan was gen eral convener Assisting her were Mrs William Mrs ing Mrs Maurice Winter and Mrs C McDonald mended after conducting hear ings that John Graham be lic ensed to establish a daytime broadcasting station at Richmond Hill operating at watts on kilocycles It said it was more impressed by Grahams plans than by those I of William and El- wood J both of whom wanted to establish stations at Newmarket The announcement yesterday said the hearings are to accom modate a Transport Department request that an additional op portunity be afforded to all par- tics to present further submis sions ST PAULS WA DISPLAYS RUGS Two rugs which had been wov en on the loom at St Pauls An glican church wore displayed at a meeting of thc Afternoon on Thursday The loom has been set up in a workroom in the parish hall by Mrs D Bales and Mrs George McNelly with assist ance of Rev Canon J T Rhodes and women of the church will be trained to use it The WA will have woven rugs for sale Orders may be placed with any member of the group or with Mrs T Bolton Dorcas sec retary Aurora minor hockey associa tion president Thornton Brown ing request all the fans to come down and cheer the boys on Booster Night tickets arc on sale now and can be purchased from any member of the Association Percy Preston is coach Doug Harrison manager of the Lions Bill is coach Ken Rose manager of the Appliance midgets of spring This pretty sundress has its own cape that you can button on in two different ways smooth diagonal line turnback rovers Printed Pattern Misses sizes 14 18 20 Size dross requires yards 35inch fabric capo takes IN yards This printed pattern assures perfect fit Easy directions print- led on each tissue pattern part Send THIRTYFIVE CENTS in coins stamps cannot be accepted for this pattern Print plainly SIZE NAME ADDRESS STYLE NUMBER Send your order to MARIAN MARTIN care of Thc Newmar ket Era and Express Pattern Newmarket Gay Flower Basket a fascin ating design as American as quiltmaking itself Make this lovely quilt from scraps use just one block fo ra smart pillow cover Pattern Chart directions pattern of patches Yardages for single and doublebed quilts Send TWENTYFIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern stamps cannot be accepted to The New market Era and Express House hold Arts Newmarket Print NAME ADDRESS PATTERN NUMBER Two FREE patterns printed in our ALICE BROOKS Needle- craft book stunning designs for yourself for your home for you our readers Dozens of designs to order all easy fascinating handwork Send cents for your copy of this won derful book right away 20 PERCENT OFF All MERCHANDISE IN STOCK MORRISONS HOME AND SCHOOL TRAINING COURSE IS ORGANIZED Practical help in program plan- i and William Case The la- iilt I Knit- Association Elects James Otton President The mens nomination meeting of the Progressive Conservative Association was held in the Scout Hall on Monday night fol lowing elections were made hon orary members Fred and J Little James Otton vkcpres Charles Boyd Ross Ralph Those present from out of town were Alex MacKenzie MPP Mrs Mrs Staf- STEWART BEARES Warehouse Specials Continue EVERY THURSDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY REG 139 i ning discussion techniques dut- of officers and objectives of the organization is available to all Home and School members in this area through a Workshop which is being held weekly at Prince Charles school Newmarket Program planning will be the topic of the session meeting at pm on Thursday Feb 28 The course in leadership training con tinues for four weeks- Each association is requested to have several representatives at tend Further particulars are a- vailable from Mrs Nelson Ion dies will hold their nomination meeting at a later date Push Button Refrigerators Reg APT SIZE RANGES AUTOMATIC TOASTERS 1495 Automatic Refrigerators 289 I Reg as 159 ELECTRIC KETTLES 30 Ranges As low as FAMILY FUN FAIR The second annual Family Fun Fair of the Alexander Home and School will be held on Fri day March 1 from to pm It was postponed from Tuesday is welcome There will be entertainment for all members of the family Canadian stocks of frozen fish at the beginning of amounted pounds Electrohome HIFI 129 and up On Larger Appliances Term 10 percent Down up To 24 Months On Balance Stewart Main St Newmarket Phone TW 52393

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