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CLASSIFIEDS ON PAGE FOUR YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NEWMARKET ONTARIO THURSDAY MARCH 1957 NO 10 SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS EACH mi A TO DEM6ATE NEW CHURCH OF NAZARENE A dedication service for the new Church of the in Newmarket will be held on Sun day March at 3 pm A new yellow brick building is almost completed on the north east corner of Main and Queen Sis replacing the old frame church which had stood for many years Boag District Roads Into Towns System TO BE HONORED Newmarket Is to be honored The Newmarket Church of the by a Visit from municipal representatives from the Province of Ontario who have been attending a Civil conference for Canadian mayors at Arnprior left to right are Mayor M Gladman New- Mayor Moore Port Hope Reeve J J Mills Ajax Alderman Don Toronto id Mayor John Naylor Oshawa ere and There Around Town By Local Observer The Era and Express which is assisted by examiners from Business and Professional omens club is sponsoring a beard growing con test Contestants are instructed to at the Veterans DugOut in basement of the town hall on evening March pm and pm Women ixaminers will be on hand to down any possible cheaters more than a days growth their faces Prizes will be given during centennial n Ugust for the best beards See elsewhere in this Tuesday March was a red day for Mr and Mr Frank that date they their golden wedding an- and Mr was years old bouquet of mixed spring lowers was received by the from the mayor and Neighbors presented with a basket of roses and they received flowers and other remem brances from friends and rela- Because Mr is in poor the celebrations for the events were quiet A family party was held on Sun- ly Visitors from Toronto Orchard Newmarket and centers have called on the iple daily since Saturday About of neighbors Patted Mr and Mrs Playter on night They brought an decorated birthday for Mr Urge Federal Responsibility For Major Cost Of Civil Defence Mayor Gladman of New- up the fourday meeting The next items are passed as incidental information One local taxpayer who has fen checking the 1056 assess- rent roll closely these past reported the first one He lid there was an increase of ap- J per cent in the trail assessment of the town it the increase in what he the towns largest most industry was only cent He is appealing this industrys ressment and has been notified the County Judge will set a for his hearing this month The other item of information the telephone exchange Newmarket Its newness has off and now the majority local residents have accepted wining without giving it thought One reader reported his at seeing this exchange ited on some correspondence he received from an American The exchange in that was Twining It is in In town of New Page Col i market was among the chief magistrates from across Canada who attended a special civil de fence conference at the Canadian Civil Defence College Ontario last week The confer ence was the result of a resolution passed at the 1956 convention of the Canadian Federation of May ors and Municipalities It was held at Arnprior from February to March 2 During the four days cabinet ministers service chiefs and rep resentatives of Federal Civil De fence Headquarters described to the mayors attending the dang ers of atomic attack resulting problems and what solutions vere available to counteract the ef fects of nuclear weapons It was the first in the history of Canad ian Civil Defence that such a group convened at the College to discuss these problems Subjects covered during the conference were the Federal Civ il Defence policy Civil Defence organization and planning the Armed Services and Civil Defen ce the financial assistance pro gram and the air defence of Can ada Federal Civil Defence Coordinat or and Matron Deputy were among those from Federal Civil Defence Headquarters who addressed the group The Hon Paul Martin Minister of National Health and Welfare and federal cabinet minister re sponsible for civil defence spoke to the mayors on the need for and urgency of organizing civil defen ce in the communities of Canada Representatives of Armed Services were Gen C Chairman Chiefs of Staff Nation al Defence and AVM Wroy General Officer Command ing Air Defence Command One of the highlights of the con ference was an airlift from Ott awa to Air Defence Command Headquarters at St Huberts Que The mayors shuttled via RC AF North Star to ADC headquart ers and were welcomed by During their tour of St Huberts the AVM explained to the group Canadas air defence measures Commenting on the conference the federal cabinet minister re sponsible for civil defence Mr Martin stated that the federal government was pleased with the that the Canadian Feder ation of Mayors and Municipalit ies has shown in national pro vincial and local Civil Defence program in Canada Mr Martin expressed the hope that through the mayors civil defence confer ence there would materialize a better realization and understand ing of the necessity for an ex panding civil defence program in this country A resolution urging federal re sponsibility for cost of civil defence in Canada was en dorsed Saturday by mayors of cities and towns as they wound The resolution said municipal governments have a grave and direct responsibility for establish ing a welltrained civil defence organization The resolution said municipalit ies should expect to share local costs of civil defence the major cost should be the responsibility of the federal government The mayors were told of vari ous aspects of CD whose cost now is shared three ways between federal provincial and municipal governments The federal contri bution is mainly in supply of equi pment The resolution said that human survival would be highly depend ent on quick evacuation of the civilian population from a disast er area High priority must be given removal of existing bottle necks and construction of addit ional traffic arteries Nazarene was organized on Nov 30 by Rev M with charter members On Sunday May the mort gage on the old building and pro perty was burned Today a beau tiful new building stands on the corner The present pastor Is Rev Coghiil came to the church in August The presentation of keys will be made at the dedication service by Rev B Ward district sup erintendent The special speaker will be Rev Ponder Gilliland from Kansas City Vincent on April A letter notifying town council of the event was read on Monday night and plans were started for an appropriate official program Appeal Against Assessment Is Referred To County Judge 000 Stolen Saturday From Goodman Auto Parts Goodmans Auto Parts Ltd Davis Drive East Newmarket was robbed of more than 1000 in cash and cheques on Saturday night The safe in which the money and cheques had been stored was found smashed behind the build ing Entry was made through a rear window with nothing but the safe being taken from the firms office Reporting the breakin to the East Gwillimbury township police was an employee of the firm Frank Rogers Newmarket Chief Joseph Jardine is conducting the investigation CBC HEARING A rehearing of the three appli cations for a radio station license for York county will be held by the CBC board of governors in Ottawa on Friday March 15 Two letters were read at Mon day nights council meeting one from the minister of transport and the other from the CBC notifying the town of the hearing date At that time further submissions will be received from William Hask- and for a station at Newmarket and from John Graham for a radio station at Richmond Hill the stated An appeal by Arm strong against the assess ment of the Office Specialty Co has been referred to the County judge Acting Solicitor William told council on Mon day night following the reading of a letter from Mr Armstrong to the clerk We have this under advise ment said Mr We are bringing up the county court judge to decide whether the appeal is in order That means that you on be half of the town have recognized Mr Armstrongs appeal said the reeve No replied Mr The Gondoliers Colleges Anniversary GS Show APPROVE INCREASES Approval was granted by pro vincial authorities for the propos ed increases in town councillors attendance pay They had been questioned when first submitted for the required approval Councillors this year will re ceive instead of with a chairmanship carrying an add itional The mayors annual stipend was raised from to Council Provides Feet a Of Roadway ForTenatronics For those unfamiliar with popular light opera the Newmarket council has decided to lake over about feet of roadway into the side loading dock of the Tenatronics plant on Davis Drive At a special meet ing called by Reeve Wrighlman in the absence of Mayor Wednesday night last week the council also decided to spend ap proximately to repair the ex isting roadway There is a private road in to new building lots east of the VLA subdivision the towns responsi bility will not be for more than feet from Davis Drive on this same roadway Wet weather had caused flood ing in the area of the factory loading dock The firm has n experiencing difficulties when transport trucks could not drive in to loading docks Council discussed at length the reasons for the flooding before it passed a resolution The move- was opposed by one member Councillor George Knapton He pointed out that the town council has not up to now done anything j to improve roads in the Iyon sub division One man was not able to drive to his home and children must walk on roads where there are six inch holes filled with wat er he said Mr Knapton said that the Lyon subdivision roads were in the same category as road leading into Tenatronics in that they have not been taken over into the town roads system Chamber Mesaage Attending the meeting was George president of the Newmarket Chamber of Com merce He said that the Chamber is always Interested in the exist ing industries in Newmarket Mr McCullough said that a lot of letters can he sent out and much time and energy expended in trying to bring new industries to town Rut he said that the most important thing to do first is to look after the industries we al ready have Councillor Gladstone i d I said he appreciated Councillor Knaptons views but pointed out that the matter concerned peo ple working at Tenatronics He said they must run the plant and get supplies in and their products out We went to great pains to get this industry here and it was wor th it This is a small amount of money he said and added that money would be recoverable from the who is de veloping residential lote south of the area The Pickering College Glee Club will mark its silver anniver sary this year with the presentat ion March of The Gondol iers one of the gayest and most of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas For the past twenty- five years the school has present ed annually a distinguished pro duction of the favorite Savoy op eras This years production Is again directed by Peers music master assisted by Alan McLny The cast of Venetian Gondoliers and is perhaps one of the youngest ever assembled in full and operetta as it is composed almost entirely of stu dents from Pickering College and Newmarket high school this picturesque Venice in the century with its colorful sights and costumes The complicated plot of babies switched at birth mistaken identity and pompous dukes has its full share of typi cal wit combined with the charm and grace of some of Sullivans best music for the thea tre Marco and Giuseppe twin Ven etian gondoliers are republicans heart and soul until suddenly they are informed by Don Alhnm- the Grand Inquisitor that one of them whichever it is is none other than the longlost heir to the throne of Barataria and was in 1 in infancy to the lovely daughter of the Duke of Plaza To a Spaniard of noble rank but limited mens The en suing confusion is finally solved by the appearance of the old nurse Inez who under the in fluence of the torture chamber at last reveals the identity of the real King of Barataria In the title role of the gondol iers Marco and are Al an Mcluiy and Don Harris as their wives Gianetta and Tessa are Betty Rolling and Carol ham The comedy parts of the PlazaToro Blacks lock Duke and Duchess of are played by Brian and Pat Brown Playing the romantic leads of and are Mary Lou Cunningham Toronto who sang Yum- Yum in last years product ion of the Mikado and Simon Dew of the College Peter plays the role of Don Alhambra and Rosalie Ross appears as the old nurse Chorus leads are sung by Pat as Carol Smith as Vittoria Dave Peers as Antonio George Cox as Franc esco Jack as Giorgio and Kevn as The musical accompanist is Mrs Marjorie the sets arc- designed and executed by A Jewell and members of the stage crew The operetta will be presented on Thursday Friday and Satur day March and at pm in the college assembly hall Tickets are available from the col lege or at Bests Drug store and The Mar restaurant i Provincial Franchise Permits Liquor Vote All residents of Newmarket who are eligible to vote in pro vincial elections will be entitled to vote in the liquor store refer endum on May 1 stated Grant Blight of town clerks office Mr Blight reported that the of fice had received several calls from persons who were uncertain about the vote It will not he like a municipal vote he added All voters must be residents in the town three months prior to poll mil and those persons who own property here but reside else where will not be eligible to vote A voters list will have to be drawn up and the office expects to commence enumerating in the near future As I understand it Mr Arm strong filed an appeal The court of revision recognized it and later revet scd this decision Mr Armstrong correctly or in correctly has filed another ap peal It is up to the county judge to decide whether the ap peal will be recognized Well the clerk did refuse to accept it added Reeve Wright- man No said Clerk Wesley Brooks I asked him to sign it and he took it away and did not return the appeal notice The appeal which came in from Mr Armstrong was not signed It has his name typed on the bot tom of the page I felt it was not correct when not signed Well whether it is signed or not signed said Lets forget about it now It has been referred to the county judge for his decision The text of the letter and ap peal are as follows Letter understand that you have indicated that you do not intend to forward to the judge a list containing my appeal against a decision of court of revision regarding the hearing of my ap peal against the assessment of the Office Specialty Manufactur ing Company Limited notice of which was dated February 19 1957 Notice of appeal was per sonally served on you by the writer on Monday Feb US 1957 and you later advised me by telephone that it was necessary that the appeal be signed by me despite the fact that the Assess ment Act requires no such thing Please take notice that should you persist in your refusal to carry out your duly imposed by Section expressed in the following words The clerk shall immediately after the time for filing appeals forward a list thereof to the judge I re gret that I intend to invoke sec tion of the Assessment Act I sincerely hope that such action will not be necessary but I do insist that you carry out Page 2 Col Approval was given by town council OB March to the addi tion of streets in the Edwin Lyon and subdivisions to the towns road system The was introduced by Reeve Edward and Depu tyReeve Violet have come to the place where the town must lake action about the roads and streets in these subdivisions said the reeve There are three or four spots in the Edwin Lyons roads that are deplorable At one place I didnt know whether I was going to stop going down They are not safe in their pres ent condition and the town should take over the mainten ance of those streets he reason ed We have a moral obligation out there We have been col lecting taxes for three years from the residents of the Edwin Lyons subdivision and all we have spent has been for snow removal and sand on the icy spots The bond covering the road work in the subdivis ion expired in August the reeve continued It isnt worth the paper it is written on nnw so ask council to the roads in two subdivi sions and make the town re sponsible for their maintenance Mrs supported Mr Wrightmans statements Mr told Councillor the estimated expense to put the roads in both subdi visions into shape was between and 2500 Are you satisfied that noth ing can be done further about these roads as far as the subdi vides are concerned asked Councillor Gladstone That is my understanding from Mr Stiver replied Wil liam acting solicitor It has never been my Inten tion to have one small area put as a burden on all the taxpay ers said Councillor George But it is evident that the town cant get any more front the At the special meeting of council last Wednesday council decided to take over a section of road for the benefit of one taxpayer Opposed that action But since council established that policy it must do the same he added in this case v sad I 23 COMING EVENTS 23 FRIDAY Womens World Day of Prayer pm at the Salvation Army hall Queen St EVERY Friday Teen Town dancing in Newmarket town hall from to pm Admis sion tflO SUNDAY MARCH 10 Concert at Toronto Art Gallery pm by Miss Anne Stephenson Ac companist John clwlO THURSDAY MAR St Pat ricks tea and bake sale sponsor ed by Salvation Army Home League at the fire hall from 2 to pm and SAT MARCH and HI The 25th annual production of Gilbert and Sulli van in Pickering College at pm presenting The Gondo liers available at Bests Drug and Mar Res taurant MONDAY MARCH Annual j meeting of the Aurora District THURSDAY MARCH Hot Unit of Cancer Society in row the Aurora Legion hall a Keltleby Womens Federation in Speaker film lunch All commencing at six oclock TUESDAY MAR Group will sew and quilt Trinity United church am to pm Lunch served clwlO TUESDAY MARCH sponsored by at Sharon hall pm Prices and draw WEDNESDAY MAR Sixth annual spring fashion show by Newmarket business and Professional Womens club town hall and ft pm Fa vors MAR Mount Albert Park Board public meet ing to arrange for Sports Day In town hall at pm Red Cross children and a to and new ideas at under cents THURSDAY MAR Bingo sponsored by the Veteran As sociation m Newmarket town hall at a pm All prizes Junior MS Free game line any card Share- trie- wealth cards Your attendance means a good bingo FRIDAY MARCH 15 At 30 and pm York County ranee convention in Christian church Newmarket Dr Wilkinson of Ontario Temperance Federation speaker at both sessions wirrieiflnni and poller contests With Suggestions j H and youth musicians new brick building erected by the Church of the stands on the north east corner of Queen Sts Newmarket replacing an old frame church A dedication service will be held on at a pm The speaker will be Rev Ponder DANCING every Saturday night Holland Landing community hall Square and modern Ad mission British fivepiece band Music Far evening DANCING Saturday in Mount Albert Community hall to Norm Burling and his Kincsmen FRIDAY MAR Dance at Bluebird Inn sponsored by Ai- Community club York County Hoys orchestra Every one welcome Admission FRIDAY MARCH to pm St Patricks Day tea with sale of home baking in the parish hall St Pauls Angli can church Parochial Guild Newmarket FRIDAY MARCH I A Dance in Sharon hall Country hnedown oldfashioned square dancing Proceeds for Log Cabin Fund Cafeteria lunch Admission SATURDAY MARCH St Patricks tea and bake sale in Sharon hall sponsored by Sha ronHope Friendship Circle pm SATURDAY MARCH IB Dance in Canadian Legion hall New market Sod orchestra Time 9 pm MAR After noon lea at the home of Dr Hunt 371 Davis Dr under the auspices of the Retarded Child rens Time to pm FRIDAY APRIL Pauls Evening will hold a rum mage sale good used spring and summer clothing parish hall At 130 pm DANCING in Bond Head Com munity Memorial hall every Sat- day night sponsored by Junior Farmers orchestra Admission i I V A finalist In the contest at the Sportsmans show to choose Miss Outdoor Girl of Canada is Kdna Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Davis Holland Marsh She was nominated for the contest by the Rod and Gun Club Finalists for the contest were chosen on the basis of pictur es which were submitted by each hunting club Miss Davis was notified by telegram on Monday that she had been chosen In addition to the requisite amount of pulchritude each candidate must qualify on an outofdoors basis as well Miss Davis is the holder of the bronze medallion for swimming and lifesaving Miss Davis is 21 years old She attended the local public schools in the Marsh and the Aurora High school At present she works in the Sheriffs Office in Toronto The final judging will take place in Toronto on March 15